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pitch1 /pɪtʃ/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun  1  sports field 运动场地 [countable] British EnglishDSDS a marked out area of ground on which a sport is played 场地 SYN fieldfootball/cricket/rugby etc pitch the world-famous Wembley football pitch 闻名世界的温布利足球场 He ran the length of the pitch and scored. 他跑过全场，得分了。on the pitch (=playing a sport) 参加比赛 Jack was on the pitch for his school in the Senior Cup Final. 杰克代表学校参加了高级杯决赛。2  strong feelings/activity 强烈的感情/活动 [singular, uncountable]EMOTIONAL a strong level of feeling about something or a high level of an activity or a quality 〔感情或活动的〕激烈，强烈 The controversy reached such a pitch (=become so strong) that the paper devoted a whole page to it. 争论非常激烈，故而报纸用了整版来报道。a pitch of excitement/excellence/perfection etc (=a high level of excitement etc) 非常激动/极为优秀/十全十美等 He screamed at her in a pitch of fury. 他生气极了，对着她大喊大叫。 The goal roused the crowd to fever pitch (=a very excited level). 那个进球让观众激动万分。3  music 音乐 a) APM[singular, uncountable] how high or low a note or other sound is 音高 Ultrasonic waves are at a higher pitch than the human ear can hear. 超声波的音高超出了人耳可以听见的范围。 b) APM[uncountable] the ability of a musician to play or sing a note at exactly the correct level 音准 She’s got perfect pitch. 她有绝对音感。4  persuading 说服 [countable] informalBBT the things someone says to persuade people to buy something, do something, or accept an idea 叫卖语，广告语；宣传 an aggressive salesman with a fast-talking sales pitch 推销时说话像连珠炮一般咄咄逼人的推销员make a/somebody’s pitch (for something) (=try to persuade people to do something) （推销宣传 某事物） He made his strongest pitch yet for standardized testing in schools. 他以前所未有的力度鼓吹学校应推行标准化考试。5  baseball 棒球 [countable]DSB a throw of the ball, or a way in which it can be thrown 投球 His first pitch was high and wide. 他的第一投又高又偏。 →5 see picture at 见图 baseball6  black substance 黑色物质 [uncountable]TI a black sticky substance that is used on roofs, the bottoms of ships etc to stop water coming through 沥青 The night was as black as pitch (=very dark). 夜晚一片漆黑。 → pitch-black, pitch-dark7  ship/aircraft 船/ 飞机 [uncountable]TTATTS an up and down movement of a ship or an aircraft 〔船或飞机的〕颠簸 → roll the pitch and roll of the ship 船只的颠簸8  slope 斜坡 [singular, uncountable]HORIZONTAL the degree to which a roof slopes or the sloping part of a roof 〔屋顶的〕斜度，坡度；屋顶的倾斜处 the steep pitch of the roof 陡斜的房顶9  street/market 街道/市场 [countable] British EnglishDL a place in a public area where someone goes to sell things or where an entertainer goes to perform 〔街道小商贩的〕摆摊处；〔街头艺人的〕表演场地 We found the boy at his usual pitch at the bottom of the Acropolis. 我们在那个男孩的老地方——雅典卫城的底下——找到了他。 → queer somebody’s pitch/queer the pitch for somebody at queer3

Examples from the Corpus

pitch• Thomas already was widely admired for his combination of power and pitch selection.• The village has attractive playing fields, with a football and cricket pitch.• The same syllables were sung repeatedly at a number of different pitches.• Tavarez got Sanders to ground into an inning-ending double play on his first pitch.• Ryan's first pitch was high and wide.• Swindon Town away against Sunderland has been postponed because of a water-logged pitch at Roker Park.• There, Williams wowed national coaches with her array of pitches.• Kendrick's pitch was good throughout the first aria.• Barnett ruled a two-strike pitch from Shawn Boskie was a called third strike.• The President made his strongest pitch yet for standardized testing in schools.• Son of Star Wars replicates that pitch.• As the vehicle approaches, the pitch of its siren increases and then it decreases as the vehicle speeds past.• Then start to lower the pitch attitude by maximum stages of a half bar. 3.• Some of the fans rushed onto the pitch at the end of the match• the pitch of the roof• The pitch went wide.football/cricket/rugby etc pitch• In abeyance at the moment is a cricket pitch.• There is a playing field with equipment for the younger members of the community, and a football and cricket pitch.• There will also be a floodlit multi-purpose outside court, and two hockey and football pitches.• Since the school took up so much space on the island, the rugby pitches were the size of tennis courts.• He looked as if he had just walked off the cricket pitch.• It had not been spent on the football pitch, however, nor the training ground.• An orderly queue was formed, stretching throughout the corridors of Hardside and out on to the rugby pitches.• The garden will double as go-kart track, cricket pitch, tennis court.reached ... pitch• When nagging failed, her frustration reached a pitch in which she screamed and threw objects round the house.• But he had reached a pitch where he couldn't give up.• Bankside activity has reached such a pitch, even at night, that the carp will not come near the margins.• Speculation about the deportations have reached fever pitch in Hong Kong.• Public support for the system was waning steadily as accusations of sleaze in high places reached fever pitch.• But as the game's tempo reached fever pitch, Saunders squandered a golden opportunity to grab an equaliser.perfect pitch• The woodwind maintained a perfect pitch and, like the strings and brass, produced a consistently voluptuous sound.• In pastoral terms, the program had perfect pitch.• Tom had perfect pitch and a wonderful recall and he could sing whole passages from Boccherini's aviary music.• You had perfect pitch, my love.• I have neither perfect pitch nor a head for mathematics, and anyway who wants to compute the speed of history?• In essays on whisky-tasting, sheath knives, deer hunting, he has a kind of perfect pitch.• Computer games that require a player to recognise perfect pitch might also help, Saffran says.• But the five people in Saffran's group with perfect pitch had started learning aged four.sales pitch• Don't give them a sales pitch because there is nothing more irritating.• Personally I think this is another of his sales pitches.• There was nothing spectacular about my sales pitch except the language in which it was couched.• The analogy of the sales pitch is revealing, for advertisers do not promote their product merely by providing information about it.• Yadda, yadda, enough with the sales pitch and on to the point.• The sales pitch can be so slick that many consumers don't even realize they have bought magazines until the bill arrives.• The sales pitch is a wonderful movie moment.• Many of us are too polite to resist their pressure and we end up sacrificing our time to their sales pitch.pitch and roll• Check pitch and roll attitude whilst re-setting. 3.• Some types allow full freedom in pitch and roll, but older instruments are limited to 60° pitch and 90° roll.• There will be no direct indication of pitch and roll.• Hold the required pitch and roll attitude and check balance and heading. 8.• This one was maybe fifteen foot, the most difficult of the set, pitching and rolling like a drunk.• The violent pitching and rolling began at 10: 54 a.m.• The Land Rover was pitching and rolling over the southern brow like a small seagoing craft.

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pitch2 ●○○ verb  1  throw 扔,投,掷 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]THROW to throw something with a lot of force, often aiming carefully 〔通常仔细瞄准后〕用力投[扔，抛，掷] She crumpled up the page and pitched it into the fire. 她把那页纸揉成团，扔进了火里。► see thesaurus at throw2  ball games 球类运动 a) [intransitive, transitive]DSB to aim and throw a ball in baseball 〔棒球中〕投（球）pitch to Stanton pitched to two batters in the ninth inning. 斯坦顿在第九局投球给两个击球员。 b) [intransitive]DSCDSG if a ball pitches in cricket or golf, it hits the ground 〔板球或高尔夫球〕落地，击地 c) [transitive]DSG to hit the ball in a high curve in golf 〔高尔夫球中〕把〔球〕击成高球 d) [transitive]DSC to make the ball hit the ground when you are bowling in cricket 〔板球中投球手〕使球击地[触地] →4  See picture of 见图 pitch →5 see picture at 见图 baseball3  fall 跌倒 [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]FALL to fall or be moved suddenly in a particular direction, or to make someone or something do this （使）跌倒；（使）猛然移动pitch (somebody/something) forward/backward/over etc She slipped and pitched forward onto the ground. 她脚下一滑，重重栽倒在地。pitch somebody/something into/onto/through etc something Without a seat belt, you can easily be pitched right through the windscreen. 不系安全带的话，很可能会撞破挡风玻璃摔出去。4. ship/plane 船/ 飞机 [intransitive]TTATTW if a ship or an aircraft pitches, it moves up and down in an uncontrolled way with the movement of the water or air 〔船或飞机〕颠簸 → roll2(4), → yaw5  set a level 确定水平 [transitive] a) CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDto set a speech, examination, explanation etc at a particular level of difficulty 把〔演说、考试、解释等〕定于〔某一特定难度〕npitch something at a high level/the right level etcn You have to pitch your writing at the right level.5 The projects were pitched at a number of different levels.那些方案被定为几个不同的层次。 Some questions were pitched too high for intermediate students. 有些题目对于中级水平的学生来说出得太难了。 b) COST British English to set prices at a particular level 把〔价格〕定在〔某个水平〕be pitched at something Room rates are pitched at £69 for a single. 单人房的房价定为69英镑。n Grammar Pitch is often passive in this meaning.6  aim product 确定产品目标 [transitive] to aim a product at a particular type of organization, group of people etc, or to describe it in a particular way, in order to sell it 使〔产品〕针对，面向be pitched at somebody/something The new machine will be pitched at users in the hotel and air reservation business. 这种新机器将以酒店及机票预订行业的用户为目标消费群体。be pitched as something It is pitched as a cheaper alternative to other workstations. 它被定为可替代其他工作站的一个造价更为低廉的选择。n Grammar Pitch is usually passive in this meaning.7  business deals 交易 [intransitive, transitive] informalSELL to try to persuade someone to do business with you, buy something etc 竭力推销pitch for business/contracts/custom etc Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business. 书商热衷于去学校推销。pitch to For many companies, pitching to investors has become almost a full-time job. 对于许多公司来说，向投资者推销几乎已经成为工作的全部内容了。 sales reps pitching new gadgets 推销新玩意的销售代表8  voice/music 声音/音乐 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]CSAPM if you pitch your voice or another sound at a particular level, the sound is produced at that level 定…的音高pitch something high/low etc Her voice is pitched a little too high. 她嗓音有点太高了。 → high-pitched, low-pitched9  pitch a tent/pitch camp DLOto set up a tent or a camp for a short time 〔临时〕搭帐篷/扎营 Try and pitch your tent on level ground. 试试在平地上搭帐篷。10  slope 斜坡 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]HORIZONTAL to slope down 向下倾斜pitch gently/steeply etc The roof pitches sharply to the rear of the house. 屋顶向房子后部大幅度倾斜。 → pitched11  pitch somebody a line American English informalTELL/ORDER somebody TO DO something to tell someone a story or give them an excuse that is difficult to believe 给某人编造荒诞无稽的故事[令人难以相信的借口] She pitched me some line about a bomb scare on the metro. 她跟我胡诌，说什么地铁里发生了炸弹恐吓事件。12 pitch in phrasal verb informal a) START DOING somethingto join others and help with an activity 投入；参与；支援 If we all pitch in, we’ll have it finished in no time. 我们大家一起帮忙的话，很快就可以完成。 with Everyone pitched in with efforts to entertain the children. 所有人都来想方设法逗孩子们开心。b) to join others and pay part of the money towards something 凑钱，出份子 They all pitched in and the money was collected within a few days. 他们都出了钱，几天内就筹集到了这笔钱。c) EAT British English to start to eat hungrily 开始狼吞虎咽，开始大吃特吃 Pitch in – there’s plenty. 放开肚子吃吧——多着呢。13 pitch into somebody/something phrasal verb British English informal a) ATTACKto suddenly start criticizing someone or hitting them 〔突然〕批评，攻击 She pitched into me as soon as I started to speak. 我刚一开始讲话，她就劈头盖脸地批评起我来。b) to start doing something, especially quickly and eagerly 〔尤指迅速而急切地〕开始干 Rick pitched into decorating the house at once. 里克立即动手装修房屋。14 pitch up phrasal verb British English spoken ARRIVEto arrive somewhere 到达 SYN turn up Wait a bit longer – Bill hasn’t pitched up yet. 再等一等，比尔还没到呢。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

pitch• Ryan pitched a curve ball which easily beat the batter.• Swing low, sweet Chariot is left unaccompanied, but that involves a disturbing oddity of pitching at the start.• Johnny learned to pitch by aiming at a target his Dad had painted on the side of the garage.• A sudden gust of wind pitched him off the ledge and he was left hanging by his safety rope.• Tod pitched his coat onto the sofa and ran toward the kitchen.• I hear Aubrey pitching his voice above the hubbub: engines; horns; bicycle bells.• I have come home and there is not left me a place on which to pitch my lodge.• Seawitch tugged at her line again, pitching on the rising swell.• Phil Niekro pitched on two division winners.• Two of the crew were pitched overboard when a big wave hit their ship.• Steinbach will have his hands full with a pitching staff fresh out of the box.• All too often you pitch the ball short, catch the slope and finish back on the lower layer.• She pitched the ball to the little boy.• The investment was pitched to parents as a safe way to deal with rising college costs.• Stanton pitched to two batters in the ninth inning.pitch to• Gardner writes that most successful political speeches are pitched to a five-year-old's level.pitch (somebody/something) forward/backward/over etc• Chapman recalled his players from the pitch.• Immediately the howling wind caught him, nearly pitching him over.• Instead, the pitch was taken over by massed Southend fans demanding the resignation of chairman Vic Jobson.• As he did so, the stick jerked between Angela's legs and pitched her forward, head first.• In the process, she accidentally pitched her friend over the cliff.• He plunged through the open door and pitched the parcel over the heads of the crowd into the middle of the road.• The Land Rover was pitching and rolling over the southern brow like a small seagoing craft.• If you found the opening pitch a bit over the top, the follow-up would gross you out completely.pitch for business/contracts/custom etc• It helps to avoid potential conflicts of interest, but equally it has pitched for business against its parent - and won.pitch gently/steeply etc• From there, I increased pitch gently to pull the thousand-pound mule into the air.From Longman Business Dictionarypitchpitch1 /pɪtʃ/ noun [countable]1 (also sales pitch) informalMARKETING what a sales person says about a product to persuade people to buy it2MARKETING an attempt by an ADVERTISING AGENCY to persuade a company to use its services to advertise a productEach agency made its pitch.3British EnglishCOMMERCE a place in a public area where a street trader goes to sell thingspitchpitch2 verb1[transitive]FINANCE to set prices at a particular levelPrices for the new trucks are pitched very competitively.2[intransitive, transitive] informalMARKETING to try to make a business agreement, or to sell something in a particular waysales reps pitching the latest gadgetsThe resort is being pitched as a conference venue.pitch forThe luxury clothing retailer has invited a number of agencies to pitch for its estimated £1.5 million international business.→ See Verb tableOrigin pitch1 1. (1400-1500) → PITCH22. Old English pic, from Latin pix pitch2 (1100-1200) Origin unknown

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pitch¹ S3 W3 /pɪtʃ/ noun1.  SPORTS FIELD  [countable] British English a marked out area of ground on which a sport is played
   SYN  field
    football/cricket/rugby etc pitch
    the world-famous Wembley football pitch
    He ran the length of the pitch and scored.
    on the pitch (=playing a sport)
    Jack was on the pitch for his school in the Senior Cup Final.
2.  STRONG FEELINGS/ACTIVITY  [singular, uncountable] a strong level of feeling about something or a high level of an activity or a quality:
    The controversy reached such a pitch (=become so strong) that the paper devoted a whole page to it.
    a pitch of excitement/excellence/perfection etc (=a high level of excitement etc)
    He screamed at her in a pitch of fury.
    The goal roused the crowd to fever pitch (=a very excited level).
3.  MUSIC
  a. [singular, uncountable] how high or low a note or other sound is:
    Ultrasonic waves are at a higher pitch than the human ear can hear.
  b. [uncountable] the ability of a musician to play or sing a note at exactly the correct level:
    She’s got perfect pitch.
4.  PERSUADING  [countable] informal the things someone says to persuade people to buy something, do something, or accept an idea:
    an aggressive salesman with a fast-talking sales pitch
    make a/sb’s pitch (for something) (=try to persuade people to do something)
    He made his strongest pitch yet for standardized testing in schools.
5.  BASEBALL  [countable] a throw of the ball, or a way in which it can be thrown:
    His first pitch was high and wide.
6.  BLACK SUBSTANCE  [uncountable] a black sticky substance that is used on roofs, the bottoms of ships etc to stop water coming through:
    The night was as black as pitch (=very dark). ⇨ pitch-black, pitch-dark
7.  SHIP/AIRCRAFT  [uncountable] an up and down movement of a ship or an aircraft ⇨ roll:
    the pitch and roll of the ship
8.  SLOPE  [singular, uncountable] the degree to which a roof slopes or the sloping part of a roof:
    the steep pitch of the roof
9.  STREET/MARKET  [countable] British English a place in a public area where someone goes to sell things or where an entertainer goes to perform:
    We found the boy at his usual pitch at the bottom of the Acropolis.
⇨ queer sb’s pitch/queer the pitch for somebody at queer³

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pitch² verb1.  THROW  [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to throw something with a lot of force, often aiming carefully:
    She crumpled up the page and pitched it into the fire.
2.
   BALL GAMES
  a. [intransitive and transitive] to aim and throw a ball in baseball
    pitch to
    Stanton pitched to two batters in the ninth inning.
  b. [intransitive] if a ball pitches in cricket or golf, it hits the ground
  c. [transitive] to hit the ball in a high curve in golf
  d. [transitive] to make the ball hit the ground when you are bowling in cricket
3.  FALL  [I, T always + adv/prep] to fall or be moved suddenly in a particular direction, or to make someone or something do this
    pitch (somebody/something) forward/backward/over etc
    She slipped and pitched forward onto the ground.
    pitch somebody/something into/onto/through etc something
    Without a seat belt, you can easily be pitched right through the windscreen.
4.  SHIP/PLANE  [intransitive] if a ship or an aircraft pitches, it moves up and down in an uncontrolled way with the movement of the water or air ⇨ roll²(4), yaw
5.  SET A LEVEL  [transitive usually passive]
  a. to set a speech, examination, explanation etc at a particular level of difficulty
    pitch something at a high level/the right level etc
    The projects were pitched at a number of different levels.
    Some questions were pitched too high for intermediate students.
  b. British English to set prices at a particular level
    pitch something at something
    Room rates are pitched at £69 for a single.
6.  AIM PRODUCT  [transitive usually passive] to aim a product at a particular type of organization, group of people etc, or to describe it in a particular way, in order to sell it
    pitch something at somebody/something
    The new machine will be pitched at users in the hotel and air reservation business.
    pitch something as something
    It is pitched as a cheaper alternative to other workstations.
7.  BUSINESS DEALS  [intransitive and transitive] informal to try to persuade someone to do business with you, buy something etc
    pitch for business/contracts/custom etc
    Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business.
    pitch to
    For many companies, pitching to investors has become almost a full-time job.
    sales reps pitching new gadgets
8.  VOICE/MUSIC  [transitive always + adverb/preposition] if you pitch your voice or another sound at a particular level, the sound is produced at that level
    pitch something high/low etc
    Her voice is pitched a little too high. ⇨ high-pitched, low-pitched
9. pitch a tent/pitch camp to set up a tent or a camp for a short time:
    Try and pitch your tent on level ground.
10.  SLOPE  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to slope down
    pitch gently/steeply etc
    The roof pitches sharply to the rear of the house. ⇨ pitched
11. pitch somebody a line American English informal to tell someone a story or give them an excuse that is difficult to believe:
    She pitched me some line about a bomb scare on the metro.
     
pitch in phrasal verb informal
  1. to join others and help with an activity:
    If we all pitch in, we’ll have it finished in no time.
    pitch in with
    Everyone pitched in with efforts to entertain the children.
  2. to join others and pay part of the money towards something:
    They all pitched in and the money was collected within a few days.
  3. British English to start to eat hungrily:
    Pitch in – there’s plenty.
pitch into somebody/something phrasal verb British English informal
  1. to suddenly start criticizing someone or hitting them:
    She pitched into me as soon as I started to speak.
  2. to start doing something, especially quickly and eagerly:
    Rick pitched into decorating the house at once.
pitch up phrasal verb British English spoken
  to arrive somewhere
   SYN  turn up:
    Wait a bit longer – Bill hasn’t pitched up yet.
     

THESAURUS

■ to throw a ball in a sport
   ▪ pass to throw the ball to another member of your team: He passed the ball to Wilkinson, who kicked the ball over the goalposts.
   ▪ pitch to throw the ball to the batter in a game of baseball: Stoddard pitched for the Chicago White Sox.
   ▪ bowl to throw the ball towards the person who is batting in a game of cricket: Harmison bowled superbly and took 5 wickets.