ground out

ser eliminado con un roletazo

En béisbol, golpear la pelota por el suelo y quedar eliminado por el equipo defensor.

En inglés sencillo: You hit a baseball along the ground and are put out by the fielding team.

• He grounded out in the first inning.
• Their best hitter grounded out to third.
• Did she ground out on the first pitch?

Cómo se usa: ground out to someone (He grounded out to the shortstop.)

Expresiones frecuentes: ground out twice, ground out to shortstop

poner a tierra, conectar a tierra

Conectar un circuito eléctrico a tierra para que la electricidad tenga una vía segura.

En inglés sencillo: You connect an electrical circuit to the earth so electricity has a safe path.

• Ground out the circuit first.
• The technician grounded out the metal casing.
• Has this equipment been grounded out properly?

Cómo se usa: ground out something (The electrician grounded out the circuit.); ground something out (They grounded it out before testing it.)

Sinónimos: ground, earth

Expresiones frecuentes: ground out something, ground something out

out por roletazo

En béisbol, eliminación que se produce tras una pelota bateada por el suelo.

En inglés sencillo: An out in baseball caused by a ball hit along the ground.

• The inning ended with a ground out.
• She recorded two ground outs on the scorecard.
• That ground out allowed a runner to score.

Sinónimos: groundout

Expresiones frecuentes: a ground out, another ground out