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in the bullpen
棒球术语，指救援投手上场前热身的区域。
The relief pitcher is warming up in the bullpen.
救援投手正在候补投手练习区热身。
候补投手练习区；救援投手练习区
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候补投手练习区；救援投手练习区
a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers warm up during a game
The relief pitcher is warming up in the bullpen.
救援投手正在候补投手练习区热身。
圈养公牛的围栏区域。
An enclosed area used to hold bulls.
比赛中投手进行热身的封闭区域。
An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game.
球队救援投手的统称；后援投手群。
The relief pitchers of a team collectively.
供某人或某物做准备的地方；准备区。
A place for someone or something to get ready.
The relief pitcher threw some warm-up pitches in the bullpen before the game.
救援投手在比赛前于候补投手练习区投了几球热身。
The manager pointed to the bullpen, and a new pitcher came out to the mound.
教练指向候补投手练习区，一名新投手便走出、上了投手丘。
Fans sitting near the bullpen can see the pitchers warming up through the fence.
坐在候补投手练习区附近的球迷可以透过围栏看到投手们热身。
棒球术语，指救援投手上场前热身的区域。
The relief pitcher is warming up in the bullpen.
救援投手正在候补投手练习区热身。
此义指临时关押等待审判或遣送人员的房间，常见于美式英语。
The suspects were held in a bullpen overnight.
嫌疑人被临时关在一个大房间里过夜。
Not this
He went to bullpen to warm up.
Use this
He went to the bullpen to warm up.
bullpen 是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词；中文没有冠词，所以容易漏掉 the。加上 the 后句子才符合英语语法。
Not this
The pitcher is warming up at the bullpen.
Use this
The pitcher is warming up in the bullpen.
bullpen 指围起来的区域，表示“在候补投手练习区里”要用介词 in，而不是 at；at 只表示大致位置，不表示在某个封闭空间内。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
牛棚教练；救援投手练习区教练
The bullpen coach helped the rookie reliever warm up before the big game.
牛棚教练在大赛前帮助新秀救援投手热身。
牛棚练投；投手练习区的练投
The starter had a short bullpen session to work on his slider.
先发投手做了一次短暂的牛棚练投来磨练滑球。
牛棚投手；救援投手
The manager told the bullpen pitcher to stay loose in case the starter struggled.
总教练告诉牛棚投手保持热身状态，以防先发投手出状况。
牛棚车（接送救援投手的小型车）
The bullpen car drove the closer to the mound after the warm-up.
牛棚车在热身结束后将终结者送到投手丘。
牛棚专线电话（教练席与牛棚间的直通电话）
The manager picked up the bullpen phone to tell the left-hander to start warming up.
总教练拿起牛棚专线电话，让左投手开始热身。
牛棚深度（救援投手的整体实力与人数）
The team's bullpen depth has been a key factor in their late-inning success.
球队的牛棚深度是他们在比赛后段取得好成绩的关键因素。
待命；留作后备
The senator has a few policy ideas in the bullpen for the next campaign.
这位参议员为下一轮竞选准备了几项待用的政策主张。
启用后备人选；从候补中调出
The team brought a veteran negotiator up from the bullpen to close the deal.
团队启用了一位资深谈判专家，以促成这笔交易。
在幕后作准备；提前热身
She spent two years warming up in the bullpen before taking over the department.
在接手这个部门之前，她花了两年时间在幕后做准备。
我相信灵魂、女人后腰的曲线、下坠的曲球、高纤维食品、上等苏格兰威士忌、长时间的热水澡、安全性行为，以及一个靠谱的牛棚。
Crash Davis's famous list of beliefs in the 1988 baseball film Bull Durham; here 'bullpen' means the area where relief pitchers warm up and, by extension, the relief staff itself.
出自1988年棒球电影《Bull Durham》中克拉什·戴维斯（Crash Davis）的著名独白；这里的 bullpen 指棒球场上替补投手热身区，也引申指替补投手阵容。
Use bullpen naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
棒球场的“牛棚”：候补投手像牛一样在围栏(pen)里等待上场；这个词也指临时关押的大房间。
语域：neutral 常见场景：baseball game commentary、sports news bullpen 表示救援投手热身区时通常属于中性语体，多用于棒球比赛解说和体育新闻报道中。
bull、full、pull 中的 -ull 都读 /ʊl/，与 bullpen 中 bull 的读音一致；pen 和 penny 中的 pen 读 /pɛn/，与 bullpen 的词尾一致；open 虽然也以 pen 结尾，但读 /-pən/，不要与 /-pɛn/ 混淆。
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