pitched

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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pitched /pɪtʃt/ adjective  AAHORIZONTALa pitched roof is sloping rather than flat 〔屋顶〕倾斜的，有坡度的

Examples from the Corpus

pitched• There followed a pitched battle at a bridge across the Dnestr river leading into the town.• After a pitched battle, no less than 29 of the gang were arrested.• The other type of offence involved in effect a preconceived and premeditated pitched battle, often accompanied by the use of weapons.• There were pitched battles, so they lay in wait for you.• In 1867 forty-three gypsies pitched camp in the Cours la Reine and aroused much hatred among the Rouennais.• Only five feet seven tall, he spoke in a high pitched drawl, a public school accent he often emphasized abroad.• Timber fascias and barge-boards are standard, while many pitched roof garages feature timber-clad gable ends.• We had to staple a polythene vapour barrier to the rafters of a pitched roof.

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pitched
pitched /pɪtʃt/ adjective
a pitched roof is sloping rather than flat

pitchedBrE /pɪtʃt/ 🔊NAmE /pɪtʃt/ 🔊 adjective(of a roof 屋顶) sloping; not flat 倾斜的