inning

noun
🔊/ˈɪnɪŋ/
🔊/ˈɪnɪŋ/
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  1. (in baseball棒球) one of the nine periods of a game in which each team has a turn at batting局;回合
    • The Chicago Cubs scored two runs in the first inning.芝加哥小熊队在第一局拿下两分。
    • The Chicago pitcher, Alvarez, gave up six runs in three innings.芝加哥投手阿尔瓦雷斯(Alvarez)在三局比赛中放弃了六局。
    Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
    Word OriginOld English innung ‘a putting or getting in’, related to in. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.