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in the {ordinal} inning
序数词前要用定冠词 the。
She hit a double in the first inning.
她在第一局击出一支二垒安打。
一局
innings — plural of inning
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
一局
one of the nine divisions of play in baseball, during which each team has a turn at bat
She hit a double in the first inning.
她在第一局击出一支二垒安打。
A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
(棒球)九局比赛中的一局,每队轮流击球一次
(baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
A similar period of play.
A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul.
The home team scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning.
主队在第9局下半局得了3分。
After two innings, the score was still tied at zero to zero.
两局过后，比分仍然是0比0。
Our pitcher finally found his rhythm in the fourth inning and struck out two batters.
我们的投手在第4局终于找到了节奏，连续三振了两名击球手。
序数词前要用定冠词 the。
She hit a double in the first inning.
她在第一局击出一支二垒安打。
top 指上半局（客队进攻），bottom 指下半局（主队进攻）。
The visiting team scored twice in the top of the inning.
客队在本局上半局得了两分。
innings 是 inning 的复数形式。
He pitched six innings and struck out ten batters.
他投了六局，三振了十名击球手。
Not this
The game has nine inning.
Use this
The game has nine innings.
inning 是可数名词，表示“局”，在数字 nine 后必须用复数 innings。
Not this
He hit a home run at the last inning.
Use this
He hit a home run in the last inning.
表示“在第几局”用介词 in，不用 at；at 多指时间点或地点。
Not this
They won in the final round.
Use this
They won in the final inning.
棒球比赛中“局”用 inning，不用 round；round 用于拳击等比赛。
第九局
He hit the winning run in the ninth inning.
他在第九局打出了制胜分。
上半局
The away team scored three runs in the top of the inning.
客队在上半局得了三分。
下半局
She came to bat in the bottom of the inning with two outs.
她下半局两人出局时上场打击。
延长局
The game went into extra innings after a 3–3 tie.
比赛在3比3平局后进入了延长局。
（人生或事业）长久而成功；高寿
She had a good innings – she ran the company for over 30 years.
她的事业生涯很圆满——她经营这家公司超过30年。
（过程、事件等的）早期阶段
The technology is still in its early innings.
这项技术仍处于早期阶段。
最后关头；最后一次机会
We're in the bottom of the ninth inning of this negotiation.
我们正处于这场谈判的最后关头。
马德维尔九人队那天的前景并不乐观；比分是四比二，只剩一局可打。
This famous opening line from Ernest Lawrence Thayer's 1888 poem 'Casey at the Bat' uses 'inning' to set the dramatic final inning of a baseball game.
这句出自欧内斯特·劳伦斯·塞耶1888年诗作《Casey at the Bat》的著名开场白，用 inning 来渲染棒球比赛最后一局的戏剧性。
Use innings naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
棒球一局叫inning，可记作“一队‘in’来进攻，另一队出去防守”，轮流一攻一守就是一小局。
语域：neutral 常见场景：棒球比赛、体育报道、日常口语讨论比赛 该义项主要用于棒球运动的规则和赛事讨论，属于该领域的标准用语；日常口语和体育报道中都常见，语气通常比较中性。
指棒球比赛的一局，常用于 the first/last inning 等搭配。
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