second-stringer

短语

na. 后备球员

词形变化

second-stringers 复数 second-stringers

别名

second stringer

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who plays second string. A person who is kept on a sports team as a backup in case a "first-string" player is unavailable.

  2. 2.

    A person who is not good enough to be considered proficient but may be useful as a backup.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

reserve substitute

上位词 2

athlete jock

下位词 2

bench-warmer pinch hitter

整体词 1

bench

词源

From second string + -er.

来源：wiktionary