strike out

verb

1. set out on a course of action

e.g. He struck out on his own

2. remove from a list

e.g. Cross the name of the dead person off the list

Synonym: cross offcross outstrike offmark

3. cause to get out

e.g. The pitcher retired three batters
the runner was put out at third base

Synonym: retire

4. put out or be put out by a strikeout

e.g. Oral struck out three batters to close the inning

5. make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body

6. be unsuccessful in an endeavor

e.g. The candidate struck out with his health care plan

1. 开始独立从事新的活动;自立谋生
If you strike out, you begin to do something different, often because you want to become more independent.

e.g. She wanted me to strike out on my own, buy a business.
她想让我自己闯一闯，买下一个公司。
e.g. ...a desire to make changes and to strike out in new directions.
想要有所改变并朝新的方向开拓的渴望

2. 猛打;冲…大嚷
If you strike out at someone, you hit, attack, or speak angrily to them.

strike out

e.g. He seemed always ready to strike out at anyone and for any cause...
不管什么原因、对任何人，他他似乎总是摆出一副凶相。
e.g. Frampton struck out blindly, hitting not Waddington, but an elderly man.
弗兰普顿乱打一通，没有打到沃丁顿却打到了一位老人。

3. (朝某方向)开始前行，出发
If you strike out in a particular direction, you start travelling in that direction.

e.g. They left the car and struck out along the muddy track...
他们下了车，然后开始沿着泥泞的小路往前走。
e.g. He was planning to dump her and strike out for New York alone.
他正打算甩了她，然后一个人前往纽约。

4. (击球手)三击不中出局;使…三振出局
In baseball, if a pitcher strikes out a batter or if a batter strikes out, the batter fails to hit three balls thrown properly by the pitcher, and is out.

e.g. He struck out ten batters, and allowed only two runs...
他使 10 名击球手三振出局，仅让对方两次跑垒得分。
e.g. Canseco, nursing a back injury, struck out.
坎塞科因背部受伤而三振出局。

5. 失败;不成功
If someone strikes out, they fail.

e.g. The lawyer admitted that he was the firm's second lawyer. The first one had struck out completely.
该律师承认其为该公司的第二任律师。第一任已经干砸了。

6. see also: strike

1. strike out

1. 三振：本来想让投手博一下弄个三振(strike out)什么的完美结束战斗但是投手已经投了1百球左右,接近了体能极限,牛棚(替补投手群)还未准备好,而且现在对方强棒过后轮到的是一个打击率2成未到的菜鸟弱棒(就是面对10个投球2支安全打击都搞不到那种),

2. 删去;想出：straight from the horse's mouth 据可靠消息 | strike out 删去;想出 | string sb along 常常戏弄某人