left field

柯林斯詞典

1. N-SING If you say that someone or something has come out of left field or is out in left field, you mean that they are untypical, unusual, or strange in some way. 古怪; 乖張[usu prep N]
The question came out of left field, but Mary Ann wasn't really surprised. 問題雖然問得有點(diǎn)怪，但瑪麗·安并不覺得驚訝。
He is, like most theorists, out there in left field, ignoring the experimental evidence. 同大多數(shù)理論家一樣，他也是個(gè)怪人，對(duì)實(shí)驗(yàn)得出的證據(jù)置之不理。
2. N-UNCOUNT In baseball, left field is the left-hand part of the playing field. (棒球)左外野
Ichiro's opening single to left field began a string of six straight hits. 鈴木一郎的對(duì)外開放左外野安打是一串連續(xù)6支安打的開始。