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pitch n.球场；程度；音调；推销；投掷；街头商贩摊位；沥青；树脂；松脂v.投；颠簸；搭帐篷；定调；推销；用沥青覆盖 (1) 球场太小了, 无法踢足球。(2) 这种胡乱猜测甚嚣尘上，已经到了必须立即解决的程度了。(3) 音调的高低是由频率决定的。(4) 他推销商品的口才很好。(5) 他们用沥青涂盖屋顶。(6) 树脂从树皮的裂口自然地流出来。(7) 她尽力把球投得远一些。(8) 船突然上下颠簸,接著就倾覆了。(9) 我们在湖边搭帐篷。 There's a long list of pitches, both nouns and verbs. A salesman can give you a sales pitch, when he tells you all the reasons you should buy what he's selling. A high, short golf shot is a pitch. If you are singing the right notes to a song then you are on pitch. A rocking boat is pitching. The only way to know which pitch is meant is to look at the situation and who's using the word.

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英 [pɪtʃ] 美 [pɪtʃ] (1) The pitch is too small to play football on.(2) Speculation has reached such a pitch that a decision will have to be made immediately.(3) The pitch depends on the frequency.(4) He has a very clever sales pitch.(5) They used pitch to cover roofs.(6) Pitch bleeds freely from break in the bark.(7) She pitched the ball as far as she could.(8) The boat pitched suddenly and keeled over.(9) We pitched our tent on the border of the lake. In baseball, the ball is pitched (thrown). Elsewhere, writers, salesmen, and other folks make pitches (proposals). 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]（足球、板球、曲棍球等运动的）球场 A pitch is an area of ground that is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey.   [oft n N]  [mainly BRIT 主英]There was a swimming-pool, cricket pitches, playing fields...有一个游泳池、几个板球场和运动场。Their conduct both on and off the pitch was excellent.他们场上场下都表现出众。in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 field2[VERB 动词]（通常指仔细瞄准后用力）投，掷，扔，抛 If you pitch something somewhere, you throw it with quite a lot of force, usually aiming it carefully.   [V n prep]Simon pitched the empty bottle into the lake.西蒙把空瓶子扔到湖里。3[VERB 动词]（猛地）向前跌倒 To pitch somewhere means to fall forwards suddenly and with a lot of force.   [V adv]  [be V-ed prep/adv]The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward...这一动使他冷不防地向前摔倒。Alan staggered sideways, pitched head-first over the low wall and fell into the lake...艾伦身子倒向一侧，一头栽过矮墙，跌进了湖里。I was pitched into the water and swam ashore.我被甩到水里后向岸边游去。4[VERB 动词]迫使…进入（新的境地） If someone is pitched into a new situation, they are suddenly forced into it.   [be V-ed prep]  [V n prep]They were being pitched into a new adventure...他们正被抛入一场新的冒险。This could pitch the government into confrontation with the workforce.这有可能把政府推向与工人正面交锋的境地。5[VERB 动词]（棒球或跑柱式棒球运动中）把（球）投给击球员 In the game of baseball or rounders, when you pitch the ball, you throw it to the batter for them to hit it.   [V n]  [Also V prep]We passed long, hot afternoons pitching a baseball.我们通过投棒球玩打发了一个个漫长、炎热的下午。pitchingHis pitching was a legend among major league hitters.他的投球在大联盟的击球员中是个传奇。6[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]See also:perfect pitch；音高 The pitch of a sound is how high or low it is. He raised his voice to an even higher pitch.他把音调抬得更高了。7[VERB 动词]See also:high-pitched；low-pitched；为…定音高；为…定调 If a sound is pitched at a particular level, it is produced at the level indicated.   [be V-ed prep/adv]  [V-ed]  [usu passive]His cry is pitched at a level that makes it impossible to ignore...他的哭喊声之大让人没法不理睬。His voice was pitched high, the words muffled by his crying...他的声音很高，嘴里的话因哭泣而含混不清。Her voice was well pitched and brisk.她的声音响亮活泼。8[VERB 动词]把…定（在特定的水平、难易程度等上） If something is pitched at a particular level or degree of difficulty, it is set at that level.   [be V-ed prep]  [V n prep]I think the material is pitched at too high a level for our purposes...我想相对于我们的意图来说，内容定得过难了。The government has pitched High Street interest rates at a new level.政府已设定了新的商业利率水平。9[N-SING 单数名词]See also:fever pitch；程度；强度；极点；顶点 If something such as a feeling or a situation rises to a high pitch, it rises to a high level.   [usu with supp]I feel very sorry for the competitors who have all worked themselves up to a very high pitch for this first day...我为第一天就已耗费相当大体力的参赛者感到非常惋惜。Tension has reached such a pitch that the armed forces say soldiers may have to use their weapons to defend themselves against local people.紧张关系已达白热化程度，武装部队说士兵有可能不得不使用武器保护自己不受当地民众的伤害。10[VERB 动词]搭（帐篷）；扎（营） If you pitch your tent, or pitch camp, you put up your tent in a place where you are going to stay.   [V n]He had pitched his tent in the yard...他在院子里搭起了帐篷。At dusk we pitched camp in the middle of nowhere.黄昏时分，我们在茫茫荒野中扎了营。11[VERB 动词]（船只在海浪中）上下颠簸，纵摇 If a boat pitches, it moves violently up and down with the movement of the waves when the sea is rough.   [V]The ship is pitching and rolling in what looks like about fifteen foot seas.这只船在看起来约有15英尺高的海浪中上下左右颠簸。12[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]See also:pitch-black；沥青；柏油 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.类似房屋所用的栋木刷了沥青。13See also:pitched；  14[PHRASE 短语]See also:sales pitch；为…作宣传；替…说好话 If someone makes a pitch for something, they try to persuade people to do or buy it.   [V inflects]The President speaks in New York today, making another pitch for his economic program...总统今天在纽约发表讲话，再一次为他的经济计划作宣传。Prue invited the magazine's editor to lunch and made her pitch.普吕邀请该杂志的编辑共进午餐，推销自己的点子。相关词组：pitch for pitch in

英语单词	pitch
英美音标	英 [pɪtʃ] 美 [pɪtʃ]
中文释义	n.球场；程度；音调；推销；投掷；街头商贩摊位；沥青；树脂；松脂 v.投；颠簸；搭帐篷；定调；推销；用沥青覆盖
英语例句	(1) The pitch is too small to play football on. (2) Speculation has reached such a pitch that a decision will have to be made immediately. (3) The pitch depends on the frequency. (4) He has a very clever sales pitch. (5) They used pitch to cover roofs. (6) Pitch bleeds freely from break in the bark. (7) She pitched the ball as far as she could. (8) The boat pitched suddenly and keeled over. (9) We pitched our tent on the border of the lake.
中文例句	(1) 球场太小了, 无法踢足球。 (2) 这种胡乱猜测甚嚣尘上，已经到了必须立即解决的程度了。 (3) 音调的高低是由频率决定的。 (4) 他推销商品的口才很好。 (5) 他们用沥青涂盖屋顶。 (6) 树脂从树皮的裂口自然地流出来。 (7) 她尽力把球投得远一些。 (8) 船突然上下颠簸,接著就倾覆了。 (9) 我们在湖边搭帐篷。
vocabulary简明	In baseball, the ball is pitched (thrown). Elsewhere, writers, salesmen, and other folks make pitches (proposals).
vocabulary扩展	There's a long list of pitches, both nouns and verbs. A salesman can give you a sales pitch, when he tells you all the reasons you should buy what he's selling. A high, short golf shot is a pitch. If you are singing the right notes to a song then you are on pitch. A rocking boat is pitching. The only way to know which pitch is meant is to look at the situation and who's using the word.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（足球、板球、曲棍球等运动的）球场 A pitch is an area of ground that is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey. [oft n N] [mainly BRIT 主英] There was a swimming-pool, cricket pitches, playing fields... 有一个游泳池、几个板球场和运动场。 Their conduct both on and off the pitch was excellent. 他们场上场下都表现出众。 in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 field 2 [VERB 动词]（通常指仔细瞄准后用力）投，掷，扔，抛 If you pitch something somewhere, you throw it with quite a lot of force, usually aiming it carefully. [V n prep] Simon pitched the empty bottle into the lake. 西蒙把空瓶子扔到湖里。 3 [VERB 动词]（猛地）向前跌倒 To pitch somewhere means to fall forwards suddenly and with a lot of force. [V adv] [be V-ed prep/adv] The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward... 这一动使他冷不防地向前摔倒。 Alan staggered sideways, pitched head-first over the low wall and fell into the lake... 艾伦身子倒向一侧，一头栽过矮墙，跌进了湖里。 I was pitched into the water and swam ashore. 我被甩到水里后向岸边游去。 4 [VERB 动词]迫使…进入（新的境地） If someone is pitched into a new situation, they are suddenly forced into it. [be V-ed prep] [V n prep] They were being pitched into a new adventure... 他们正被抛入一场新的冒险。 This could pitch the government into confrontation with the workforce. 这有可能把政府推向与工人正面交锋的境地。 5 [VERB 动词]（棒球或跑柱式棒球运动中）把（球）投给击球员 In the game of baseball or rounders, when you pitch the ball, you throw it to the batter for them to hit it. [V n] [Also V prep] We passed long, hot afternoons pitching a baseball. 我们通过投棒球玩打发了一个个漫长、炎热的下午。 pitching His pitching was a legend among major league hitters. 他的投球在大联盟的击球员中是个传奇。 6 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]See also:perfect pitch ；音高 The pitch of a sound is how high or low it is. He raised his voice to an even higher pitch. 他把音调抬得更高了。 7 [VERB 动词]See also:high-pitched ；low-pitched ；为…定音高；为…定调 If a sound is pitched at a particular level, it is produced at the level indicated. [be V-ed prep/adv] [V-ed] [usu passive] His cry is pitched at a level that makes it impossible to ignore... 他的哭喊声之大让人没法不理睬。 His voice was pitched high, the words muffled by his crying... 他的声音很高，嘴里的话因哭泣而含混不清。 Her voice was well pitched and brisk. 她的声音响亮活泼。 8 [VERB 动词]把…定（在特定的水平、难易程度等上） If something is pitched at a particular level or degree of difficulty, it is set at that level. [be V-ed prep] [V n prep] I think the material is pitched at too high a level for our purposes... 我想相对于我们的意图来说，内容定得过难了。 The government has pitched High Street interest rates at a new level. 政府已设定了新的商业利率水平。 9 [N-SING 单数名词]See also:fever pitch ；程度；强度；极点；顶点 If something such as a feeling or a situation rises to a high pitch, it rises to a high level. [usu with supp] I feel very sorry for the competitors who have all worked themselves up to a very high pitch for this first day... 我为第一天就已耗费相当大体力的参赛者感到非常惋惜。 Tension has reached such a pitch that the armed forces say soldiers may have to use their weapons to defend themselves against local people. 紧张关系已达白热化程度，武装部队说士兵有可能不得不使用武器保护自己不受当地民众的伤害。 10 [VERB 动词]搭（帐篷）；扎（营） If you pitch your tent, or pitch camp, you put up your tent in a place where you are going to stay. [V n] He had pitched his tent in the yard... 他在院子里搭起了帐篷。 At dusk we pitched camp in the middle of nowhere. 黄昏时分，我们在茫茫荒野中扎了营。 11 [VERB 动词]（船只在海浪中）上下颠簸，纵摇 If a boat pitches, it moves violently up and down with the movement of the waves when the sea is rough. [V] The ship is pitching and rolling in what looks like about fifteen foot seas. 这只船在看起来约有15英尺高的海浪中上下左右颠簸。 12 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]See also:pitch-black ；沥青；柏油 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. 类似房屋所用的栋木刷了沥青。 13 See also:pitched ； 14 [PHRASE 短语]See also:sales pitch ；为…作宣传；替…说好话 If someone makes a pitch for something, they try to persuade people to do or buy it. [V inflects] The President speaks in New York today, making another pitch for his economic program... 总统今天在纽约发表讲话，再一次为他的经济计划作宣传。 Prue invited the magazine's editor to lunch and made her pitch. 普吕邀请该杂志的编辑共进午餐，推销自己的点子。相关词组： pitch for pitch in

Pitch Ed Verb 动词 Pitched [V Prep High