单词 | pitch |
释义 | Word Frequency pitch 1(pɪtʃ) verb 1. to hurl or throw (something); cast; fling 2. (usually tr) to set up (a camp, tent, etc) 3. (transitive) to place or thrust (a stake, spear, etc) into the ground 4. (intransitive) to move vigorously or irregularly to and fro or up and down 5. (transitive) to aim or fix (something) at a particular level, position, style, etc if you advertise privately you may pitch the price too low 6. (transitive) to aim to sell (a product) to a specified market or on a specified basis 7. (intransitive) to slope downwards 8. (intransitive) to fall forwards or downwards 9. (intransitive) (of a vessel) to dip and raise its bow and stern alternately 10. cricket to bowl (a ball) so that it bounces on a certain part of the wicket, or (of a ball) to bounce on a certain part of the wicket 11. (intransitive) (of a missile, aircraft, etc) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by movement of the longitudinal axis about the lateral axis Compare yaw (sense 1), roll (sense 13)12. (transitive) (in golf) to hit (a ball) steeply into the air, esp with backspin to minimize roll 13. (transitive) music a. to sing or play accurately (a note, interval, etc) b. (usually passive) (of a wind instrument) to specify or indicate its basic key or harmonic series by its size, manufacture, etc 14. (transitive) cards to lead (a suit) and so determine trumps for that trick 15. baseball a. (transitive) to throw (a baseball) to a batter b. (intransitive) to act as pitcher in a baseball game 16. Southwest England dialect (used with it as subject) to snow without the settled snow melting 17. in there pitching 18. pitch a tale noun 19. the degree of elevation or depression 20. a. the angle of descent of a downward slope b. such a slope 21. the extreme height or depth 22. mountaineering a section of a route between two belay points, sometimes equal to the full length of the rope but often shorter 23. the degree of slope of a roof, esp when expressed as a ratio of height to span 24. the distance between corresponding points on adjacent members of a body of regular form, esp the distance between teeth on a gearwheel or between threads on a screw thread 25. the distance between regularly spaced objects such as rivets, bolts, etc 26. the pitching motion of a ship, missile, etc 27. a. the distance a propeller advances in one revolution, assuming no slip b. the blade angle of a propeller or rotor 28. the distance between the back rest of a seat in a passenger aircraft and the backof the seat in front of it 29. music a. the auditory property of a note that is conditioned by its frequency relative to other notes high pitch low pitch b. an absolute frequency assigned to a specific note, fixing the relative frequencies of all other notes. The fundamental frequencies of the notes A–G, in accordance with the frequency A = 440 hertz, were internationally standardized and accepted in 1939 See also concert pitch (sense 1), international pitch 30. cricket the rectangular area between the stumps, 22 yards long and 10 feet wide; the wicket 31. geology the inclination of the axis of an anticline or syncline or of a stratum or vein from the horizontal 32. another name for seven-up 33. the act or manner of pitching a ball, as in cricket 34. mainly British a vendor's station, esp on a pavement 35. slang a persuasive sales talk, esp one routinely repeated 36. mainly British (in many sports) the field of play 37. Also called: pitch shot golf an approach shot in which the ball is struck in a high arc 38. make a pitch for 39. queer someone's pitch Word origin C13 picchen; possibly related to pick1Word Frequency pitch 2(pɪtʃ) noun 1. any of various heavy dark viscid substances obtained as a residue from the distillation of tars See also coal-tar pitch 2. any of various similar substances, such as asphalt, occurring as natural deposits 3. any of various similar substances obtained by distilling certain organic substancesso that they are incompletely carbonized 4. crude turpentine obtained as sap from pine trees ▶ Related adjective: piceousverb 5. (transitive) to apply pitch to (something) Word origin Old English pic, from Latin pix |
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