my grandmother gave me as a gift, "When I was ten, not a bicycle, not a baseball mitt or a bat, she gave me a framed engraving of the derringer pistol that John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate the president.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

If I'm running through the street alone with a baseball bat smashing through windows, it's me and I know it's me.

如果我自己一个人跑在街上,手里拿着球棒砸窗户，我知道责任在我身上。

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swinging a baseball bat at me on the subway train for no reason, except that he's crazy.

他在地铁上无端地朝我挥动棒球拍，没有理由，除非他疯了。

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A few days after the settlement, Bat Masterson,Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the other dangerous friends of Luke Short left Dodge City.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

And right off the bat you notice that I am making a huge assumption here.

在你交卷的时候,你正好注意到我在这里做了一个重要的假设。

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He stood farther away from the pitcher than most players, and used a heavier bat than most players.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

They plug it in and make a keystroke error right off the bat.

乘完了,正好砸出击是出了一个按键错误。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

The work was influenced by Mr.Sfirri's son who requested a home-made baseball bat.

VOA: special.2011.01.14

We may be able to use them later. So we may not be able to give them a job right off the bat, but the longer we stay, we're going to need the more people and hopefully the more people we can help,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.30