hitter

打者

相手チームが投げた球をバットで打とうとする野球選手。

やさしい英語で： A baseball player who tries to hit the ball thrown by the opposing team.

• Their best hitter scored two runs.
• The pitcher walked the next hitter.
• She is the first hitter in today’s lineup.

類義語： batter

よく使う表現： a good hitter, designated hitter, leadoff hitter

強打者、打撃を加える者

人や物に打撃を加える人やもの。

やさしい英語で： A person or thing that strikes someone or something.

• He is a hard hitter.
• The young boxer became a much stronger hitter after training.
• She is the hardest hitter in our boxing club.

よく使う表現： a hard hitter, a heavy hitter, a powerful hitter

一安打試合、二安打試合

一安打試合など、あるチームの安打数で表す野球の試合。

やさしい英語で： A baseball game described by the number of successful hits a team gets.

• He pitched a one-hitter yesterday.
• Her two-hitter helped the team win the final.
• The rookie celebrated his first three-hitter.

よく使う表現： a one-hitter, a two-hitter, a three-hitter

殺し屋

報酬を受け取って人を殺す人。

やさしい英語で： A person paid to murder someone.

• The gang hired a hitter.
• Police believed a professional hitter had killed the witness.
• The hitter refused to name the person who paid him.

類義語： hitman, contract killer

よく使う表現： a hired hitter, a mob hitter, hire a hitter