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strike-out(n.)

in baseball, by 1871, from the verbal phrase in the baseball sense, "be put out for failure to strike the ball after a certain number of tries," which is attested by 1866 (see strike (n.)). The transitive sense, in reference to the pitcher, is by 1884.

To strike out is attested from mid-13c. as "lay out flat, unfold," 1520s as "cancel or erase (from a list, etc.) by a stroke of a pen;" 1610s as "proceed in a new direction;" 1859 as "hit about violently, lash out."

该词起源时间:1871年