pitch
- IPA[pɪtʃ]
英式
- 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
- set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch；set or aim at a particular level, target, or audience
verb: pitch, 3rd person present: pitches, gerund or present participle: pitching, past tense: pitched, past participle: pitched
noun: pitch, plural noun: pitches
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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 her voice rose steadily in pitch 同義詞
- ▪ 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. 同義詞
- ▪ a section of a climb, especially a steep one.
- ▪ the height to which a hawk soars before swooping on its prey.
- 3. a level of the intensity of something, especially a high level the media furore reached such a pitch that the company withdrew the product 同義詞
- 4. British an area of ground marked out or used for play in an outdoor team game a football pitch 同義詞
- ▪ the strip of ground between the two sets of stumps both batsmen were stranded in the middle of the pitch
- 5. a delivery of the ball by the pitcher. 同義詞
- ▪ the spot where the ball bounces when bowled.
- ▪ a high approach shot on to the green.
- 6. a form of words used when trying to persuade someone to buy or accept something he put over a very strong sales pitch 同義詞
- 7. British a place where a street vendor or performer stations themselves or sets up a stall the traders had already reserved their pitches 同義詞
- 8. 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 同義詞
- 9. technical the distance between successive corresponding points or lines, for example 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. set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch you've pitched the melody very high
- ▪ set or aim at a particular level, target, or audience he should pitch his talk at a suitable level for the age group
- 2. throw roughly or casually he crumpled the page up and pitched it into the fireplace 同義詞
- ▪ fall heavily, especially headlong she pitched forward into blackness 同義詞
- 3. throw (the ball) for the batter to try to hit.
- ▪ (of a bowler) cause (the ball) to strike the ground at a particular point all too often you pitch the ball short
- ▪ hit (the ball) on to the green with a pitch shot.
- ▪ (of the ball) strike the ground in a particular spot the ball pitched, began to spin back, and rolled towards the hole
- 4. make a bid to obtain a contract or other business I've been pitching for this account for over a month
- ▪ try to persuade someone to buy or accept (something) they pitched the story to various magazines and newspapers
- ▪ British set someone or something in conflict or competition with the case has pitched brother against brother they were now pitched against each other
- 5. set up and fix in position we pitched camp for the night 同義詞
- ▪ fix (the stumps) in the ground and place the bails in preparation for play the stumps were pitched at 12 o'clock
- 6. (of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) rock or oscillate around a lateral axis, so that the front moves up and down the little steamer pressed on, pitching gently 同義詞
- ▪ (of a vehicle) move with a vigorous jolting motion a Land Rover came pitching round the hillside
- 7. cause (a roof) to slope downwards from the ridge the roof was pitched at an angle of 75 degrees
- ▪ slope downwards the ravine pitches down to the creek
- 8. pave (a road) with stones another sort of stone is used for pitching streets
- 9. (in brewing) add yeast to (wort) to induce fermentation.
- vigorously join in to help with a task or activity
Oxford Dictionary
- vigorously join in to help with a task or activity
Oxford American Dictionary
- control of the pitch of a helicopter's rotors or an aircraft's propellers.
Oxford Dictionary
- another term for perfect pitch
Oxford Dictionary
- the ability to recognize the pitch of a note or produce any given note; perfect pitch: I have absolute pitch and I could hear those quarter-tones
Oxford American Dictionary
- turn up; arrive
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美式
- the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness ... a car engine seems to change pitch downward as the vehicle passes you
- throw (the ball) for the batter to try to hit.
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[pɪtʃ]
英式
- a sticky resinous black or dark brown substance that is semi-liquid when hot and hardens when ... pitch is adhesive and repels water, which makes it a good substance for waterproofing the desert night was as black as pitch
- cover, coat, or smear with pitch: he pitched the ship inside and outside
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[piCH]
美式
- a sticky resinous black or dark brown substance that is semiliquid when hot, hard when cold. It ... pitch is adhesive and repels water, which makes it a good substance for waterproofing the desert night was as black as pitch
- cover, coat, or smear with pitch: he pitched the ship inside and outside
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