English Dictionary

left field

名詞

比喩的用法

(baseball) The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to the left of a person standing on home plate and facing the pitcher.

日本語の意味

野球において、内野の外に位置し、ホームプレートに立った際に左側に広がるフィールド部分

The ball soared into left field, and the outfielder sprinted back to make the catch.

ボールは左翼へ高く飛び、外野手は捕球するために全力で戻ってきた。

意味（1）

(baseball) The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to the left of a person standing on home plate and facing the pitcher.

The double, by pinch-hitter Ruben Sierra, curved sharply toward foul ground in deep left field but then changed its mind and hit the line instead—a big hit, and a smile at last from the great and enigmatically difficult game.

意味（2）

(baseball) The defensive position in the outfield to the left.

意味（3）

(figuratively) An unexpected, bizarre, or unwatched source (especially in the phrases out of left field and from left field).

Some of her comments really came from left field. I have no idea what she was thinking.

意味（4）

(figuratively) An unusual or unexpected position, or a viewpoint held by very few others in contrast to the majority viewpoint (especially in the phrases out in left field and way out in left field)

Tonne is way out in left field if he thinks a voice writing machine will never be built or that there are no existing prototypes or work being done in this […]

left fields （ plural ）