バックスクリーン
also: バック・スクリーン
Meanings
1
batter's eye screen; centerfield screen
Baseball term for the dark screen in center field that helps batters see the ball. A wasei-eigo word derived from English 'back screen'.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from back screen
The ball hit the batter's eye screen.
The new stadium's centerfield screen is very large.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉がバックスクリーンに入るfor a batted ball to land in the center field screen (i.e., a long home run)
A huge home run landed in the center field screen.
- バックスクリーンに直撃するfor a batted ball to hit the center field screen directly
His hit struck the center field screen directly.