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布局投手

bù jú tóu shǒudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(baseball) setup man / setup pitcher
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-1283e0dd0bc0713f. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

佈局投手 布局投手 [bu4 ju2 tou2 shou3] /(baseball) setup man/setup pitcher/

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Reference information

The definitions above are from CC-CEDICT. Examples and usage notes are available on selected entries.

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Other forms in these source records: 佈局投手

  • 布
    bù

    to announce / to spread / cloth / to declare / to make known

  • 局
    jú

    narrow / office / situation / classifier for games: match, set, round etc / cramped / narrow

  • 投
    tóu

    to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water

  • 手
    shǒu

    hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.