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  1. Oxford American Dictionary

    pitch

    • IPA[piCH]

    美式

    • n.
      the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone；a standard degree of highness or lowness used in performance
    • v.
      throw (the ball) for the batter to try to hit.；be a pitcher

    • verb: pitch, 3rd person present: pitches, gerund or present participle: pitching, past tense: pitched, past participle: pitched

    • noun: pitch, plural noun: pitches

    • 釋義
    • 片語

    名詞

    • 1. the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone a car engine seems to change pitch downward as the vehicle passes you
    • ▪ a standard degree of highness or lowness used in performance the guitars were strung and tuned to pitch
    • 2. the steepness of a slope, especially of a roof.
    • ▪ a section of a climb, especially a steep one.
    • ▪ the height to which a hawk soars before swooping on its prey.
    • 3. the level of intensity of something he brought the machine to a high pitch of development
    • ▪ a very high degree of rousing herself to a pitch of indignation
    • 4. British a playing field.
    • ▪ the strip of ground between the two sets of stumps both batsmen were stranded in the middle of the pitch
    • 5. a legal delivery of the ball by the pitcher.
    • ▪ a high approach shot on to the green.
    • ▪ short for pitchout
    • 6. a form of words used when trying to persuade someone to buy or accept something a good sales pitch
    • 7. a swaying or oscillation of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle around a horizontal axis perpendicular to the direction of motion the pitch and roll of the ship
    • 8. technical the distance between successive corresponding points or lines, e.g., between the teeth of a cogwheel.
    • ▪ a measure of the angle of the blades of a screw propeller, equal to the distance forward a blade would move in one revolution if it exerted no thrust on the medium.
    • ▪ the density of typed or printed characters on a line, typically expressed as numbers of characters per inch.

    動詞

    • 1. throw (the ball) for the batter to try to hit.
    • ▪ be a pitcher she pitched in a minor-league game he pitched the entire game
    • ▪ hit (the ball) onto the green with a pitch shot.
    • ▪ (of the ball) strike the ground in a particular spot.
    • 2. throw or fling roughly or casually he crumpled the page up and pitched it into the fireplace 同義詞 throw, toss, fling, hurl, cast, ... 更多
    • ▪ fall heavily, especially headlong she pitched forward into blackness 同義詞 fall, fall headlong, tumble, topple, plunge, ... 更多
    • 3. set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch you've pitched the melody very high
    • ▪ express at a particular level of difficulty he should pitch his talk at a suitable level for the age group
    • ▪ aim (a product) at a particular section of the market the machine is being pitched at banks
    • 4. make a bid to obtain a contract or other business they were pitching for an account
    • 5. set up and fix in a definite position we pitched camp for the night 同義詞 put up, set up, erect, raise, position, ... 更多
    • 6. (of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) rock or oscillate around a lateral axis, so that the front and back move up and down the little steamer pressed on, pitching gently 同義詞 lurch, toss (around), plunge, roll, reel, ... 更多
    • ▪ (of a vehicle) move with a vigorous jogging motion a jeep came pitching down the hill
    • 7. cause (a roof) to slope downward from the ridge the roof was pitched at an angle of 75 degrees a pitched roof
    • ▪ slope downward the ravine pitches down to the creek

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