| 释义 | pitched battleˌpitched ˈbattle noun [countable]    1a big battle between armies or large groups of people:All three companies are in a pitched battle over who invented the technology.Thirty students were injured in a pitched battle with police.
 After a pitched battle, no less than 29 of the gang were arrested.I had expected rage, flying pupusas, a pitched battle.Our country is engaged in a pitched battle in a fiercely competitive commercial world.She so much wanted to avoid another pitched battle with her son.The month before, the Metropolitans had fought a pitched battle with their rivals for control of City Hall.The other type of offence involved in effect a preconceived and premeditated pitched battle, often accompanied by the use of weapons.
 a pitched battle between the rival groups2an angry and usually long argument:  She wanted to avoid another pitched battle with her son. → skirmish |