- [uncountable, countable] a mixture of eggs, milk and flour used in cooking to cover food such as fish or chicken before you fry it, or to make pancakes面糊(煎料)
- fish in batter蘸了面糊的鱼
- scallops fried in batter面糊煎扇贝
- I started mixing the batter for the pancakes.我开始和摊煎饼的面糊。
Topics Cooking and eatingc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + batterSee full entry - [uncountable, countable] (North American English) a mixture of eggs, milk, flour, etc. used for making cakes面糊(用于做糕饼)
- Pour the batter into a prepared pan.把面糊倒入准备好的平底锅内。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + batterSee full entry - [countable] (North American English) (in baseball棒球) the player who is hitting the ball击球手;击球员
Extra Examples- Rivera faced seven batters and retired six.里韦拉对付 7 个击球手,让 6 个出局。
- I heard the fans groan as the batter hit a grand slam.击球手击了个全垒打,我听见球迷发出抱怨声。
- The first batter struck out.第一位击球手 3 击不中出局。
- Jimmy struck out the first batter with ease.吉米轻松地让第一位击球手出局。
- He has walked just eight batters all year.整整一年他只让 8 位击球手出局。
- Opposing batters are fooled by Madsen's delivery.对方击球手上了马德森的投球的当。
Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- left-handed
- right-handed
- first
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verb + batter- face somebody
- retire somebody
- strike somebody out
- …
batter + verb- step in
- step into the box
- swing
- …
See full entry Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French batre ‘to beat’ (from Latin battuere) + -er.noun senses 1 to 2 late Middle English: from Old French bateure ‘the action of beating’, from batre ‘to beat’.