nervous nineties

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The set of individual scores between 90 and 99, when a batsman may play badly due to feeling pressure to convert the score into a century.

    仅复数 体育 游戏

    I have never found anything particularly significant in the term nervous nineties for I firmly believe that a batsman should treat every ball on its merits, be his score 9 or 90.