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

• Jeter tied the game in the fifth when he slugged the first Yankees home run off matsuzaka, a solo shot into the first row above the green monster in left field.
  队长在第五局敲出洋基面对松板第一支全垒打追平比数，这支全垒打进了左外野绿色怪物的第一排座位。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sammy's like picasso, trhat guy is so far left field.
  sammy就像毕加索一样，那家伙已经在外野了。
• After Chinese economic reform, some farmers left field, to the relatively developed coastal areas of economic and began weaving their "gold dream".
  改革开放后，一些农民离开土地，来到经济水平相对发达的沿海地区，开始编织他们的淘金梦。
• High into left field! Is it a homerun?
  向左外野高高的飞去，是全垒打吗？
• Right-handed batters usually hit to left field.
  右撇子击球手把球打到左外野。
• 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。
• It was one of those things that seemed like a slightly left-of-field thing to do, and it turned out it was probably a bit too far left of field, he said.
  它是那种好像有点奇怪的事情，结果证明它可能有点太奇怪了，他说。
• 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。