left field

英 [ˌleft ˈfiːld]

美 [ˌleft ˈfiːld]

n.  左外场; 左场手位置; 离奇古怪的看法(或意见); 怪诞的态度(或立场)

牛津词典

noun

• 左外场；左场手位置
  the left part of the field, or the position played by the person who is there
• 离奇古怪的看法（或意见）；怪诞的态度（或立场）
  an opinion or a position that is strange or unusual and a long way from the normal position
  1. The governor is way out/over in left field .
     州长的看法怪得出了格。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 古怪；乖张；不同寻常
  If you say that someone or something has comeout of left fieldor isout in left field, you mean that they are untypical, unusual, or strange in some way.
  1. The question came out of left field, but Mary Ann wasn't really surprised...
     问题虽然问得有点怪，但玛丽·安并不觉得惊讶。
  2. He is, like most theorists, out there in left field, ignoring the experimental evidence.
     一如大多数理论家般，他想法古怪，行事出人意表，竟对实验得来的证据置之不理。
• ADJ-GRADED 有点怪的；有些不同寻常的
  Left-fieldmeans slightly odd or unusual.
  1. ...a left-field cabaret act...
     怪诞的夜总会歌舞表演
  2. Her parents were creative and left-field and wanted Polly to become a singer or a truck driver.
     波莉的父母想法新奇怪异，竟希望她做歌星或是货车司机。

英英释义

noun

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
  Synonym:leftfield
• the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
  1. the batter flied out to left
  Synonym:leftfieldleft

双语例句

• Swung on and a deep, deep drive to left field.
  击中，一记直球深入左外野。
• The question came out of left field, but Mary Ann wasn't really surprised
  问题虽然问得有点怪，但玛丽·安并不觉得惊讶。
• Business challenges in the IT sector can come from left field in a very short time, he said.
  在IT行业，我的竞争对手可能从很多细小的空间，并且在很短的时间发展而来。
• He is, like most theorists, out there in left field, ignoring the experimental evidence.
  一如大多数理论家般，他想法古怪，行事出人意表，竟对实验得来的证据置之不理。
• After the match, with "Sheriff" footballers "Dinamo" left field oppressed.
  在与谢里夫队的比赛之后，迪纳摩球员迅速离开了场地。
• Jeter tied the game in the fifth when he slugged the first Yankees home run off matsuzaka, a solo shot into the first row above the green monster in left field.
  队长在第五局敲出洋基面对松板第一支全垒打追平比数，这支全垒打进了左外野绿色怪物的第一排座位。
• He whacked the ball into left field.
  他用力把球击入左外野。
• After Chinese economic reform, some farmers left field, to the relatively developed coastal areas of economic and began weaving their "gold dream".
  改革开放后，一些农民离开土地，来到经济水平相对发达的沿海地区，开始编织他们的淘金梦。
• Third Base Umpire-responsible for monitoring safe/ out calls at third base, deferred strike out calls of left handed batters, and fair ball calls down the left field line.
  三垒审：负责监督三垒安全上垒或出局，左手打击者是否出棒，球落到左外野线上是否属于界外球。
• The players were jostled by an angry crowd as they left the field.
  运动员们离开赛场时，被愤怒的人群推搡着。