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A n1 Sport batte f ; cricket/baseball bat batte de cricket/de baseball ; table tennis bat raquette f de tennis de table ;2 Zool chauve-souris f ;4 ○ ( blow) coup m.at a terrific bat ○ GB à toute allure ; to be blind as a bat être myope comme une taupe ; to do sth off one's own bat ○ faire qch de sa propre initiative ; to go to bat for sb ○ US appuyer ○ qn ; (right) off the bat ○ US sans délai ; like a bat out of hell ○ comme un possédé ; to play a straight bat jouer franc jeu ; without batting an eyelid GB ou eye(lash) US sans sourciller ; ⇒ belfry■ bat around:▶ bat [sth] around, bat around [sth]1 discuter [idea] ;2 Sport we batted the ball around nous avons échangé quelques balles.■ bat down:▶ bat [sth] down US démolir [argument, suggestion].■ bat out:▶ bat [sth] out, bat out [sth] US préparer [qch] en vitesse. -
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1 noun∎ he's a good bat il manie bien la batte;(b) (shot, blow) coup m∎ familiar to have bats in the or one's belfry avoir une araignée au plafond;∎ familiar to run/to drive like a bat out of hell courir/conduire comme si l'on avait le diable à ses trousses∎ to go off on a bat aller faire la bringueSport (baseball player, cricketer → play) manier la batte; (→ take one's turn at playing) être à la batte;∎ he batted for Pakistan il était à la batte pour l'équipe pakistanaise;∎ to go in to bat aller à la batte;∎ American familiar figurative to go to bat for sb intervenir en faveur de qn□∎ she batted her eyelids at him elle battit des paupières en le regardant;∎ figurative he didn't bat an eyelid il n'a pas sourcillé ou bronché;∎ figurative she did it without batting an eyelid elle l'a fait sans broncher►► American Sport bat boy (in baseball) = garçon qui s'occupe des battes et de l'entretien du matériel∎ to bat sth around parler de qch à bâtons rompus -
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bat [bæt]1. nouna. ( = animal) chauve-souris fc. ( = blow) coup m* * *[bæt] 1.1) Sport batte ftable tennis bat — raquette f de tennis de table
2) Zoology chauve-souris f2.transitive verb (p prés etc - tt-) frapper3.intransitive verb (p prés etc - tt-) Sport ( be batsman) être le batteur; ( handle a bat) manier la batte••to do something off one's own bat — (colloq) faire quelque chose de sa propre initiative
like a bat out of hell — (colloq) comme un possédé
without batting an eyelid GB ou eye(lash) US — sans sourciller
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