球場上出手最重的人
這一組就是字面本身：真的在比賽裡用力量打出去的人。
noun · B2
In baseball, a player who hits the ball very hard, so the ball travels deep into the outfield or right out of the park.
強打者
核心畫面
You can picture the batter everyone waits for: the one whose swing sends the ball deep, over the heads of the fielders. Nobody moves in when this player comes to the plate. Every use of heavy hitter can be read off that picture — someone whose contact lands with weight, so the rest of the field has to arrange itself around them.
可以想成球場上大家都在等的那個打者：他一揮棒，球就飛到外野後面去。這種人一站上打擊區，守備就得整個往後退。heavy…更多收起
可以想成球場上大家都在等的那個打者：他一揮棒，球就飛到外野後面去。這種人一站上打擊區，守備就得整個往後退。heavy hitter 的每一種用法都可以從這個畫面看出來——他出手很重，所以周圍的人得跟著調整位置。Two branches
場外真正有份量的人
把打擊力道換成影響力，就得到這一組：他不是揮棒，是做決定，但別人一樣得往後退。這是概念上的連結，不是在說歷史上哪個先有。
noun · B2
A person or a company with so much power and influence that what they say or do changes what happens around them. It is used most often about business and politics.
重量級人物