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

• Drag to add a textbox with field label on left and field on right. Select and type to edit field.
  拖动此形状，可添加标签字段在左、字段在右的文本框。选中形状并键入文字，以便编辑字段。
• The bid came so far out of left field that some bankers thought it might be one of those hoaxes that market tricksters try on every now and again.
  该报价相当不合情理，一些银行家认为，这可能是市场骗子时常使用的骗术之一。
• He batted the ball into the left field.
  他把球打到左外野。
• Swung on and a deep, deep drive to left field.
  击中，一记直球深入左外野。
• The batter sent the ball to left field.
  这一击将球打到了左外野。
• 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。
• He whacked the ball into left field.
  他用力把球击入左外野。
• 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。
• The farmer closed the gate behind him as he left the field.
  农夫离开田地时，随手关上了栅栏门。
• John tried to answer the teacher's question, but he was way out in the left field.
  约翰试图回答教师的问题，但他所说的却是驴唇不对马嘴。