sandlot
noun [ C ] US uk/ˈsænd.lɒt/ us/ˈsænd.lɑːt/
（尤指用于非正式比赛的）空地
a piece of ground with no buildings on it, especially when this is used for informal sports games
Since the beginning of time, every sandlot has housed the "mean kid" and his cronies. 自古以来，每块运动空地都有“坏孩子”和他的同伙。
At the end of our two-block alley was a small sandlot playground with swings and slides. 在我们两个街区的巷子尽头，有一小块游乐空地，有秋千和滑梯。
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- Evenings were spent playing pickup games in backyards and sandlots.
- They are generally are no harder to handle than a group of the same age on a sandlot or hockey rink.
- Discovered on a San Antonio sandlot by scout Al LaMacchia in 1964, Gaston played parts of 11 seasons in the majors.
sandlot
adjective uk/ˈsænd.lɒt/ us/ˈsænd.lɑːt/
（运动或其参与者）业余的，作为娱乐的
used to refer to a sport played for pleasure, rather than as a job, or to people or things related to this type of sport
He had a paper route and played sandlot baseball. 他以前送报纸，打打棒球作为娱乐。
He found himself relegated to that graveyard of all inept sandlot ballplayers, right field. 他被降级安排到没有球可打的右外野，那里是笨拙的业余球员的去处。
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- He played a year of sandlot football with a team called Car Credit.
- He covered Super Bowls and sandlot games.
- Blomberg was raised in Atlanta, where sandlot teammates acknowledged his talent.