backstop

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(băk'stŏp') pronunciation
n.
  1. Sports. A screen or fence used to prevent a ball from being thrown or hit far out of a playing area, as in baseball.
  2. Baseball. A catcher.
  3. Something that supports or bolsters.
tr.v., -stopped, -stop·ping, -stops.
  1. To serve as a backstop for.
    1. To support or bolster: "The firm lacks a topflight strategic-consulting arm to backstop its technology gurus" (Alex Beam).
    2. To substitute for (another) in an emergency.

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  • Baseball - backstop: a structure behind home plate which prevents a ball from entering the stands and which marks the boundary of the playing field; also slang, the catcher


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bagstopper, sidste udvej
v. tr. - danne bagstop for, danne bagtrop

Nederlands (Dutch)
achtervanger, vangscherm

Français (French)
n. - grillage/grille de fond de court (au base-ball), (Sport) attrapeur (au base-ball), receveur
v. tr. - servir de protection pour, soutenir, appuyer, remplacer (qn) (en cas d'urgence)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Catcher, Ball-/Kugelfang
v. - sich als Catcher verhalten, als Catcher arbeiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προστατευτικό πλέγμα αθλητικού χώρου

Italiano (Italian)
recinto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - batente (m), barreira (f)

Русский (Russian)
защитная сетка

Español (Spanish)
n. - receptor, red o valla para detener la pelota
v. tr. - recibir

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (baseball) bollgaller bakom spelaren som slår bollen

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
挡球网, 捕手, 挡住, 止住, 增援, 加强

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 擋球網, 捕手
v. tr. - 擋住, 止住, 增援, 加強

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 백네트(그물), 포수, 안전장치
v. tr. - 지원하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - バックネット

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مصد أو جدار أو حاجز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אמצעי זהירות לשעת חירום, מחסום, תופס הכדור בכדור-בסיס‬
v. tr. - ‮תפס את הכדור בכדור-בסיס‬


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