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Record 1 2012-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Team Sports (General)
  • Various Sports (General)
DEF

Three successive performances of a feat by the same individual in a contest.

OBS

The oldest use is probably in cricket, where a hat trick is the dismissal by the bowler of 3 batsmen with 3 consecutive balls, for which the bowler apparently received a bonus of new hat. The term is widely used in hockey and soccer to indicate the scoring of 3 goals by one individual in a single game. Originally the hat trick was the scoring of 3 consecutive unanswered goals, but they need not be consecutive or unanswered to qualify as a hat trick today. The term has also been used of a jockey's riding a winner in 3 consecutive races or winners in an annual race for 3 consecutive years. A notable exception to the 3 successive performances which characterize a hat trick in other sports is its occasional use in baseball to mean that a player has hit for the cycle-a single, double, triple, and home run in one game.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
  • Sports divers (Généralités)
DEF

[Réalisation d'un] joueur qui marque trois fois dans la même partie, de l'athlète qui remporte trois victoires.

OBS

Au cricket, le bowler qui mettait dehors trois joueurs de suite recevait une cape neuve. [sens : un chapeau neuf].

OBS

Au Canada, c'est le terme de hockey sur glace «tour du chapeau» que l'on utilise pour signifier un exploit semblable dans d'autres sports. L'expression s'utilise dans tout sport où des buts se comptent comme au soccer, en hockey sur glace et sur gazon, en ringuette, ou des victoires s'additionnent comme en cyclisme, en course automobile, au tennis, en natation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
  • Deportes de equipo (Generalidades)
  • Deportes diversos (Generalidades)
DEF

Hecho de que un mismo jugador marque tres tantos en un mismo encuentro.

OBS

Triplete o tripleta son alternativas en español para sustituir al anglicismo "hat-trick", [...] si se emplea la palabra inglesa "hat-trick", esta se puede escribir con o sin guion, pero siempre en cursiva o, si no se dispone de este tipo de letra, entrecomillada.

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Record 2 2007-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
CONT

Plate Appearances (PA). The total number of plate appearances by opposing batters against the pitcher, including all at-bats, bases on balls allowed, batters hit by pitch and sacrifice flies allowed.

CONT

In baseball statistics, a player is credited with a plate appearance (denoted by PA) each time he completes a turn batting. A player completes a turn batting when he is declared out before reaching first base, or he reaches first base safely, or he hits a fair ball which causes a third out on another runner ... .

OBS

The only thing that does not count as a plate appearance is when the time at bat is interrupted by an inning ending, caught stealing or other event to prevent the completion of the plate appearance.

CONT

A box score is in balance(or proved) when the total of the team's times at bat, bases on balls received, hit batters, sacrifice bunts, sacrifice flies and batters awarded first base because of interference or obstruction equals the total of that team's runs, players left on base and the opposing team's putouts.

OBS

In common terminology, the term "at bat" is sometimes used to mean "plate appearance" (for example, "he fouled off the ball to keep the at bat alive"). The intent is usually clear from the context, although the term "official at bat" is sometimes used to explicitly refer to an at bat as distinguished from a plate appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
CONT

Le total des présences au bâton inclura les présences officielles au bâton, les buts sur balles, les touchers par un lancer, les coups retenus et les ballons sacrifices ainsi que le nombre de fois que le premier but a été accordé par suite d'une interférence ou d'une obstruction.

CONT

Un rapport de match est balancé ou validé lorsque le total des apparitions au bâton d'une équipe, les buts sur balles reçus, les frappeurs touchés par un lancer, les coups retenus et les ballons sacrifices ainsi que les avances au premier but par suite d'une interférence ou d'une obstruction égale le total des points marqués par cette équipe, le nombre de coureurs laissés sur les buts ainsi que le nombre de retraits effectués par l'équipe adverse.

CONT

On calcule donc le nombre de présences totales ainsi : (présences officielles + buts sur balles + atteint d'un tir + obstructions défensives + coups sacrifices + ballons sacrifices).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Béisbol y softball
Key term(s)
  • veces al bate
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Record 3 2002-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
OBS

Technique/tactics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
OBS

Technique/tactique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
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Record 4 1996-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

of reasonable or suitable size or bulk.

CONT

... when financial trouble hit the enterprise it was quite lucrative for Belmont, who received a sizable return on his investment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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