词汇 | in there pitching |
词源 | in there pitching. People who try hard and keep working are in there pitching. The baseball-derived term suggests a work- horse pitcher doing his best, allowing a hit or walk or run here and there but diligently getting the job done. Interestingly, the expression is not recorded until the Great Depression, when everyone had to be in there pitching to survive. The word pitcher in baseball was first recorded in 1854. |
随便看 |
|
英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史,是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。