slugfestとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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slugfest (複数形 slugfests)

1. (baseball, slang) A baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs.

   The game turned into a 15-9 slugfest.

2. (sports, slang) A game or match in which heavy blows are exchanged.

   The championship bout was a slugfest; both boxers were bloodied.

   • 2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Nadal is supposedly the alpha male in any slugfest. But Rosol's forehand shots were being sent towards the Majorcan at 93mph plus, and his was the fastest serve at 134mph.

3. (sports or figuratively, slang) A tough, heated contest.

   Lakers win slugfest over Clippers

   • 2022 April 30, Jonathan Weisman; Trip Gabriel, “Once Soft-Spoken, Ohio Conservatives Embrace the Bombast”, in The New York Times‎^[2], ISSN 0362-4331:

     The race descended into a brutal slugfest as the leading candidates, the author-turned-venture capitalist J.D. Vance, the former state treasurer Josh Mandel and a self-funded businessman, Mike Gibbons, entered the final weekend before Tuesday’s primaries accusing one another of being insufficiently right-wing or disloyal to the man in Mar-a-Lago.