英语词汇“pitch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pitch

(pɪtʃ )

Word forms: pitches , pitching , pitched

1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] B2

A pitch is an area of ground that is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey. [mainly British]

There was a swimming-pool, cricket pitches, and playing fields.

Their conduct both on and off the pitch was excellent.

regional note: in AM, usually use field

2. verb

If you pitch something somewhere, you throw it with quite a lot of force, usually aiming it carefully.

Simon pitched the empty bottle into the lake. [VERB noun preposition]

Synonyms: throw, launch, cast, toss

3. verb

To pitch somewhere means to fall forwards suddenly and with a lot of force.

The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward. [VERB adverb]

Alan staggered sideways, pitched head-first over the low wall and fell into the lake. [VERB adverb]

I was pitched into the water and swam ashore. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]

Synonyms: fall, drop, plunge, dive

4. verb

If someone is pitched into a new situation, they are suddenly forced into it.

They were being pitched into a new adventure. [be VERB-ed preposition]

This could pitch the government into confrontation with the work-force. [VERB noun preposition]

5. verb

In the game of baseball or rounders, when you pitch the ball, you throw it to the batter for them to hit it.

We passed long, hot afternoons pitching a baseball. [VERB noun]

[Also VERB preposition]

pitching uncountable noun

His pitching was a legend among major league hitters.

6. uncountable noun

The pitch of a sound is how high or low it is.

He raised his voice to an even higher pitch.

Synonyms: tone, sound, key, frequency

7. See also perfect pitch

8. verb [usually passive]

If a sound is pitched at a particular level, it is produced at the level indicated.

His cry is pitched at a level that makes it impossible to ignore. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]

His voice was pitched high, the words muffled by his crying. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]

Her voice was well pitched and brisk. [VERB-ed]

9. See also high-pitched, low-pitched

10. verb

If something is pitched at a particular level or degree of difficulty, it is set at that level.

I think the material is pitched at too high a level for our purposes. [be VERB-ed preposition]

The government has pitched High Street interest rates at a new level. [VERB noun preposition]

Synonyms: aim, direct, design for, mean for

11. singular noun

If something such as a feeling or a situation rises to a high pitch, it rises to a high level.

No other emotion is able to keep the body at a high pitch for such long periods.

The hysteria reached such a pitch that police were deployed to reassure parents at the school gates.

Synonyms: level, point, degree, summit

12. See also fever pitch

13. verb B2

If you pitch your tent, or pitch camp, you put up your tent in a place where you are going to stay.

He had pitched his tent in the yard. [VERB noun]

At dusk we pitched camp in the middle of nowhere. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: set up, place, station, locate

14. verb

If a boat pitches, it moves violently up and down with the movement of the waves when the sea is rough.

The ship is pitching and rolling in what looks like about fifteen-foot seas. [VERB]

Synonyms: toss (about), roll, plunge, flounder

15. uncountable noun

Pitch is a black substance that is sticky when it is hot and very hard when it is dry. Pitch is used on the bottoms of boats and on the roofs of houses to prevent water getting in.

The timbers of similar houses were painted with pitch.

Synonyms: tar, asphalt, bitumen

16. See also pitch-black

17. See also pitched

18. make a pitch/make one's pitch phrase

If someone makes a pitch for something, they try to persuade people to do or buy it.

The President made another pitch for his economic program. [+ for]

Prue invited the magazine's editor to lunch and made her pitch.

19. See also sales pitch

Phrasal verbs:

pitch for

phrasal verb [usually cont]

If someone is pitching for something, they are trying to persuade other people to give it to them.

...laws prohibiting the state's accountants from pitching for business. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

It was middle-class votes they were pitching for. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

pitch in

phrasal verb

If you pitch in, you join in and help with an activity. [informal]

The agency says international relief agencies also have pitched in. [VERB PARTICLE]

Cartoonists have pitched in with their favourites from their own and other hands. [VERB PARTICLE with noun]

The entire company pitched in to help. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive]

Image of pitch

Idioms:

reach fever pitch

to become very intense and exciting, or very desperate

In the past year, the civil conflict has reached fever pitch.

pitch camp

to settle somewhere or have control of a certain area for a period of time

As reporters pitched camp outside their home, the family's political differences became a public concern.

make a pitch

to tell people how good something is and try to persuade them to support it or buy it

The president also used his remarks to make a pitch for further space exploration.

to try to obtain something

Are you ready to make a pitch for promotion?

queer someone's pitch [mainly British]

to make it very difficult for someone to achieve what they are trying to do

We did everything for you here, and you repay the school by doing your best to queer the pitch for us at a college to which we normally send our best boys.

Collocations:

all-weather pitch

Facilities include tennis and netball courts, grass pitches, climbing walls and a floodlit all-weather pitch.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

As well as a new gym, four accommodation blocks have been built plus an all-weather sports pitch and adult learning centre.

The Sun (2011)

There was also a small all-weather football pitch.

The Prisons We Deserve (1994)

artificial pitch

Their first artificial pitch has recently been installed and they are now able to employ coaches of the highest calibre.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Yet the world's most expensive player claims the artificial pitch will not be a problem.

The Sun (2014)

Most games are played on floodlit, artificial pitches.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

pitch a tent

Consider instead having an entire mountainside or coastline on which to pitch your tent without another soul around.

Times, Sunday Times

She must have been helping him pitch a tent.

The Sun

Stewards dish out numbered tokens to combat queue-jumping, sponsors give out goody bags and there's even room to pitch a tent.

Times, Sunday Times

Pitch your tent in a field or wood late at night and be gone by early morning.

Times, Sunday Times

You'll be able to pitch a tent or caravan for part of the year, but you won't be able to build anything more permanent.

Times, Sunday Times

throw a pitch

Pitchers will get 12 seconds to throw a pitch with the bases empty and managers will be required to call relievers into the game before they reach the foul line.

Globe and Mail

That summer, he added a cut fastball to his pitching repertoire after accidentally discovering how to throw the pitch.

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He would also throw the pitch from various arm angles to further confuse the hitter.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

The batter waits for the pitcher to throw a pitch (the ball) toward home plate, and attempts to hit the ball with the bat.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

He was a spitball pitcher who was allowed to throw the pitch after it was banned following the 1920 season.

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training pitch

You cannot teach that, no matter how many hours, days or years you spend on the training pitch.

The Sun (2016)

You practise on the training pitch but it is a totally different situation in a game.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

Now he cannot wait to get back onto the training pitch.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

voice pitch

He accurately imitates the voice pitch of his trainers.

The Sun

Aside from other physiological responses, particular increases in voice pitch, frequency and intensity are said by the developers to be indicative of deception.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Production techniques in many satirical rap songs tend to be avant-garde and inventive, using voice pitch changes and distortion.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

It plays a key role in adjusting human voice pitch by changing the tension of the vocal cords.

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Between sips of tea he speaks in a voice pitched somewhere between jollity and complaint.

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Translations:

Chinese: 球场, 定调, 投

Japanese: ピッチ競技場, 調子, 投げる

单词	pitch
释义	pitch (pɪtʃ ) Word forms: pitches , pitching , pitched 1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] B2 A pitch is an area of ground that is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey. [mainly British] There was a swimming-pool, cricket pitches, and playing fields. Their conduct both on and off the pitch was excellent. regional note: in AM, usually use field 2. verb If you pitch something somewhere, you throw it with quite a lot of force, usually aiming it carefully. Simon pitched the empty bottle into the lake. [VERB noun preposition] Synonyms: throw, launch, cast, toss 3. verb To pitch somewhere means to fall forwards suddenly and with a lot of force. The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward. [VERB adverb] Alan staggered sideways, pitched head-first over the low wall and fell into the lake. [VERB adverb] I was pitched into the water and swam ashore. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb] Synonyms: fall, drop, plunge, dive 4. verb If someone is pitched into a new situation, they are suddenly forced into it. They were being pitched into a new adventure. [be VERB-ed preposition] This could pitch the government into confrontation with the work-force. [VERB noun preposition] 5. verb In the game of baseball or rounders, when you pitch the ball, you throw it to the batter for them to hit it. We passed long, hot afternoons pitching a baseball. [VERB noun] [Also VERB preposition] pitching uncountable noun His pitching was a legend among major league hitters. 6. uncountable noun The pitch of a sound is how high or low it is. He raised his voice to an even higher pitch. Synonyms: tone, sound, key, frequency 7. See also perfect pitch 8. verb [usually passive] If a sound is pitched at a particular level, it is produced at the level indicated. His cry is pitched at a level that makes it impossible to ignore. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb] His voice was pitched high, the words muffled by his crying. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb] Her voice was well pitched and brisk. [VERB-ed] 9. See also high-pitched, low-pitched 10. verb If something is pitched at a particular level or degree of difficulty, it is set at that level. I think the material is pitched at too high a level for our purposes. [be VERB-ed preposition] The government has pitched High Street interest rates at a new level. [VERB noun preposition] Synonyms: aim, direct, design for, mean for 11. singular noun If something such as a feeling or a situation rises to a high pitch, it rises to a high level. No other emotion is able to keep the body at a high pitch for such long periods. The hysteria reached such a pitch that police were deployed to reassure parents at the school gates. Synonyms: level, point, degree, summit 12. See also fever pitch 13. verb B2 If you pitch your tent, or pitch camp, you put up your tent in a place where you are going to stay. He had pitched his tent in the yard. [VERB noun] At dusk we pitched camp in the middle of nowhere. [VERB noun] Synonyms: set up, place, station, locate 14. verb If a boat pitches, it moves violently up and down with the movement of the waves when the sea is rough. The ship is pitching and rolling in what looks like about fifteen-foot seas. [VERB] Synonyms: toss (about), roll, plunge, flounder 15. uncountable noun Pitch is a black substance that is sticky when it is hot and very hard when it is dry. Pitch is used on the bottoms of boats and on the roofs of houses to prevent water getting in. The timbers of similar houses were painted with pitch. Synonyms: tar, asphalt, bitumen 16. See also pitch-black 17. See also pitched 18. make a pitch/make one's pitch phrase If someone makes a pitch for something, they try to persuade people to do or buy it. The President made another pitch for his economic program. [+ for] Prue invited the magazine's editor to lunch and made her pitch. 19. See also sales pitch Phrasal verbs: pitch for phrasal verb [usually cont] If someone is pitching for something, they are trying to persuade other people to give it to them. ...laws prohibiting the state's accountants from pitching for business. [VERB PARTICLE noun] It was middle-class votes they were pitching for. [VERB PARTICLE noun] pitch in phrasal verb If you pitch in, you join in and help with an activity. [informal] The agency says international relief agencies also have pitched in. [VERB PARTICLE] Cartoonists have pitched in with their favourites from their own and other hands. [VERB PARTICLE with noun] The entire company pitched in to help. [VERB PARTICLE to-infinitive] Image of pitch © Christian Bertrand, Shutterstock Idioms: reach fever pitch to become very intense and exciting, or very desperate In the past year, the civil conflict has reached fever pitch. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers pitch camp to settle somewhere or have control of a certain area for a period of time As reporters pitched camp outside their home, the family's political differences became a public concern. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers make a pitch to tell people how good something is and try to persuade them to support it or buy it The president also used his remarks to make a pitch for further space exploration. to try to obtain something Are you ready to make a pitch for promotion? Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers queer someone's pitch [mainly British] to make it very difficult for someone to achieve what they are trying to do We did everything for you here, and you repay the school by doing your best to queer the pitch for us at a college to which we normally send our best boys. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: all-weather pitch Facilities include tennis and netball courts, grass pitches, climbing walls and a floodlit all-weather pitch. Times, Sunday Times (2010) As well as a new gym, four accommodation blocks have been built plus an all-weather sports pitch and adult learning centre. The Sun (2011) There was also a small all-weather football pitch. The Prisons We Deserve (1994) artificial pitch Their first artificial pitch has recently been installed and they are now able to employ coaches of the highest calibre. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Yet the world's most expensive player claims the artificial pitch will not be a problem. The Sun (2014) Most games are played on floodlit, artificial pitches. Times, Sunday Times (2007) pitch a tent Consider instead having an entire mountainside or coastline on which to pitch your tent without another soul around. Times, Sunday Times She must have been helping him pitch a tent. The Sun Stewards dish out numbered tokens to combat queue-jumping, sponsors give out goody bags and there's even room to pitch a tent. Times, Sunday Times Pitch your tent in a field or wood late at night and be gone by early morning. Times, Sunday Times You'll be able to pitch a tent or caravan for part of the year, but you won't be able to build anything more permanent. Times, Sunday Times throw a pitch Pitchers will get 12 seconds to throw a pitch with the bases empty and managers will be required to call relievers into the game before they reach the foul line. Globe and Mail That summer, he added a cut fastball to his pitching repertoire after accidentally discovering how to throw the pitch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He would also throw the pitch from various arm angles to further confuse the hitter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The batter waits for the pitcher to throw a pitch (the ball) toward home plate, and attempts to hit the ball with the bat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a spitball pitcher who was allowed to throw the pitch after it was banned following the 1920 season. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 training pitch You cannot teach that, no matter how many hours, days or years you spend on the training pitch. The Sun (2016) You practise on the training pitch but it is a totally different situation in a game. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Now he cannot wait to get back onto the training pitch. Times, Sunday Times (2010) voice pitch He accurately imitates the voice pitch of his trainers. The Sun Aside from other physiological responses, particular increases in voice pitch, frequency and intensity are said by the developers to be indicative of deception. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Production techniques in many satirical rap songs tend to be avant-garde and inventive, using voice pitch changes and distortion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It plays a key role in adjusting human voice pitch by changing the tension of the vocal cords. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Between sips of tea he speaks in a voice pitched somewhere between jollity and complaint. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 球场, 定调, 投 Japanese: ピッチ競技場, 調子, 投げる
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