ground out

être retiré sur un roulant

Au baseball, frapper une balle qui roule au sol et être éliminé par l’équipe adverse.

En anglais simple : You hit a baseball along the ground and are put out by the fielding team.

• He grounded out in the first inning.
• Their best hitter grounded out to third.
• Did she ground out on the first pitch?

Comment l'utiliser : ground out to someone (He grounded out to the shortstop.)

Expressions courantes : ground out twice, ground out to shortstop

mettre à la terre

Relier un circuit électrique à la terre pour permettre au courant de s’écouler sans danger.

En anglais simple : You connect an electrical circuit to the earth so electricity has a safe path.

• Ground out the circuit first.
• The technician grounded out the metal casing.
• Has this equipment been grounded out properly?

Comment l'utiliser : ground out something (The electrician grounded out the circuit.); ground something out (They grounded it out before testing it.)

Synonymes : ground, earth

Expressions courantes : ground out something, ground something out

retrait sur un roulant

Au baseball, élimination d’un joueur après une balle frappée qui roule au sol.

En anglais simple : An out in baseball caused by a ball hit along the ground.

• The inning ended with a ground out.
• She recorded two ground outs on the scorecard.
• That ground out allowed a runner to score.

Synonymes : groundout

Expressions courantes : a ground out, another ground out