bats

1. N-COUNT 球棒；球拍
   A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
   1. ...a baseball bat.
      棒球球棒
2. VERB 轮到击球
   When you bat, you have a turn at hitting the ball with a bat in baseball, softball, cricket, or rounders.
   1. Australia, put in to bat, made a cautious start.
      轮到澳大利亚队出场击球，他们开始打得很谨慎。
3. 蝙蝠
   A bat is a small flying animal that looks like a mouse with wings made of skin. Bats are active at night.
4. See also: old bat
5. 连眼睛也不眨一下；镇定自若；泰然处之
   When something surprising or shocking happens, if someone doesn't bat an eyelid in British English, or doesn't bat an eye in American English, they remain calm and do not show any reaction.
6. PHRASE 支持；为…出力
   If you go to bat for someone or go in to bat for them, you give them your support.
   1. The old judge doesn't like the thought of no one going in to bat for the accused.
      老法官不希望没有人为被告辩护。
7. PHRASE （开车）飞一般地，风驰电掣地，飞快地
   If you drive like a bat out of hell, you drive extremely fast.
   1. He took off for Helsinki like a bat out of hell.
      他飞快赶往赫尔辛基。
8. PHRASE 独立地；自主地；主动地
   If someone does something off their own bat, they do it without anyone else suggesting it.
   1. Whatever she did she did off her own bat. Whatever she did was nothing to do with me.
      她所做的一切都是她自己主动要做的。她做的任何事都与我无关。
9. PHRASE 马上；立刻
   If something happens right off the bat, it happens immediately.
   1. He learned right off the bat that you can't count on anything in this business.
      他立刻明白在这一行业中不能依靠任何东西。

1. Prisoners armed with baseball bats used the hostages to hold police at bay.
   手持棒球棒的囚犯们挟持了人质，使警察无法靠近。
2. They were beaten to death with baseball bats.
   他们被人用棒球棒打死了。
3. Two thugs clubbed him with baseball bats
   两个暴徒用棒球棒猛击他。
4. Most bats navigate by echolocation.
   大多数蝙蝠靠回声定位来飞行。
5. Like bats, they send out sound waves and make sense of their environment from the echoes they receive back.
   像蝙蝠一样，它们发出声波，然后根据收到的回音来了解周围的环境。
6. In China bats are thought of as being very lucky
   在中国，蝙蝠被视为吉祥物。
7. We expect to see bats in the evening, not in the broad daylight.
   我们盼望在晚上见到蝙蝠，而不是在白天。
8. Much as bats do, robots send out ultrasonic signals.
   机器人就像蝙蝠那样地发出超声波讯号。
9. Bats, owls and other nocturnal animals are also popular symbols of Halloween.
   蝙蝠、猫头鹰和其他夜间活动的动物也是万圣节的普遍标志。
10. They believed that bats have dreams just like people.
    他们认为蝙蝠和人类一样会做梦。
11. Dr. moron and his team of researchers study the sleeping pattern of bats.
    莫朗博士和他的研究生团队要研究蝙蝠的睡眠模式。
12. Have you hot two table tennis bats?
    你带了两个球拍了吗？
13. Could birds and bats help rebuild forests?
    鸟和蝙蝠可以重建森林吗？
14. Where are the bats and the ball?
    球拍和球哪里去了？
15. How many ping-pong bats do you have? I have eight ping-pong bats.
    你有多少个乒乓球拍？②我有八个乒乓球拍。
16. Bats fly at night and feed on insects and fruit.
    蝙辐在夜间飞行并且以昆虫和水果为食物。
17. In Canada the animals that most often transmit rabies are foxes, skunks, bats, and raccoons.
    在加拿大传播狂犬病的的动物主要是狐狸，臭鼬，蝙蝠和浣熊。
18. Most bats and owls are nocturnal.
    大部分蝙蝠和猫头鹰是夜间活动的。
19. Bats have a radar system which allows them to locate and catch small insects.
    蝙蝠具有一种雷达系统，让它们可以发现并抓住小昆虫。
20. The location of the orchards brought the fruit bats close to pigs and horses.
    果园的位置让这些果蝠接近了猪和马。
21. Finally the war was over, beasts and birds to return to be both know bats behavior.
    最后战争结束了，走兽和鸟类言归和好，双方都知道了蝙蝠的行为。
22. Bats and owls generally hunt at night.
    蝙蝠和猫头鹰一般夜间觅食。
23. Histoplasmosis is a disease carried by bats and birds.
    组织胞浆菌病是由蝙蝠和鸟类传播的疾病。
24. Since the 1960s, they have all but wiped out its native forest birds, bats and reptiles.
    从60年代开始，它们几乎扫清了关岛本土的森林鸟类、蝙蝠和爬虫动物。
25. Bats have a problem: how to find their way around the dark.
    蝙蝠有一个问题：该如何在黑暗中找到他们的道路。
26. There was a cave full of lots of vampire bats.
    有一个洞穴充满了许多吸血蝙蝠。
27. Any of numerous medium to small insectivorous bats found worldwide in caves and trees and buildings.
    许多体型从中等到小型食虫类蝙蝠，分布于世界各地的洞穴、树木和建筑物中。
28. And the dusk woven with the wings of bats.
    黄昏里织满了蝙蝠的翅膀。
29. The list extends to bats, beetles, electric fishes and eels.
    研究的对象还包括蝙蝠，甲虫，电鱼和电鳗。
30. Bees, bats and rodents, to name but a few, can see what humans can't-ultraviolet light.
    我们列举几种如蜜蜂，蝙蝠和啮齿动物等，它们可以看到人类看不到的紫外线。

adj

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