(in baseball 棒球 the first of the four positions that players must reach in order to score points; the position of the player on the defending team near first base 一垒 He didn't make it past first base. 他未能跑过一垒。 🔊🔊 He hasn't played first base yet this season. 他本赛季还没有打第一垒。
- (informal, especially North American English)
the first stage of sexual contact, usually referring to kissing 一垒 He had never even got to first base with a girl. 他甚至从未和一个女孩打过一垒。
Idioms
not get to first base (with something/somebody)
- (informal, especially North American English)
to fail to make a successful start in a project, relationship, etc.; to fail to get through the first stage （工程、关系等）未能顺利开始，未能跨出第一步