first base

英 [ˌfɜːst ˈbeɪs]

美 [ˌfɜːrst ˈbeɪs]

n.  一垒

习惯用语

n.

not get to first base (with sth/sb)
• （工程、关系等）未能顺利开始，未能跨出第一步
  to fail to make a successful start in a project, relationship, etc.; to fail to get through the first stage

牛津词典

noun

• 一垒
  the first of the bases that players must touch
  1. He didn't make it past first base.
     他未能跑过一垒。

英英释义

noun

• the initial stage in accomplishing something
  1. we didn't get to first base with that approach
• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
  Synonym:first
• the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball

双语例句

• To go to first base after the pitcher has thrown four balls.
  四个坏球就允许击球员自由上垒。
• I didn't even make it to first base.
  我甚至没有让他开始过。
• The construction of Zhenhai, China's first base, is almost complete.
  中国的第一个基地圳海的建设几乎完成。
• Indeed, we never even made it past first base on the moon, which is a feeble effort by cosmic standards& like chucking tin cans across the backyard.
  实际上，我们的成就甚至从来也没有超越第一个月球基地，这和征服宇宙的标准相比，实在是太过渺小了，就象是在后院扔了一个镀锡的白铁罐一样。
• The new pitcher made a great play on that throw to first base.
  新的投手向第一垒投出精彩的一球。
• Andy, I am a construction engineer working with the Show Company and right now I am working at Shandong Nuclear Power Plant, the first base of nuclear reactor here has been excavated now.
  安迪，我是美国邵尔公司施工工程师，目前在山东核电厂工作，这里的第一个核反应堆的基础已经开挖。
• Suppose Sam falls in love with Betty. Can he even get to first base with her?
  假如萨姆爱上了贝蒂，贝蒂会给他机会吗？
• Here's a throw to first base, and Ross is out.
  球扔向一垒，罗斯出局了。
• ( baseball or softball) the person who plays first base.
  （棒球或垒球）在一垒比赛的人。
• The man to the right of the pitcher standing near first base is called the first baseman.
  站在第一垒附近投手右边的叫一垒手。