pitch

noun

1. the action or manner of throwing something

e.g. his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor

2. (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

Synonym: delivery

3. abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

e.g. the pitching and tossing was quite exciting

Synonym: lurchpitching

4. an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump

Synonym: auction pitch

5. a high approach shot in golf

Synonym: pitch shot

6. the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

7. degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

e.g. the roof had a steep pitch

Synonym: rakeslant

8. promotion by means of an argument and demonstration

Synonym: sales talksales pitch

9. a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)

e.g. he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors

10. any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

Synonym: tar

pitch的翻译

verb

1. set the level or character of

e.g. She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience

Synonym: gear

2. set to a certain pitch

e.g. He pitched his voice very low

3. lead (a card) and establish the trump suit

4. hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin

5. throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball

e.g. The pitcher delivered the ball

Synonym: deliver

6. throw or toss with a light motion

e.g. flip me the beachball
toss me newspaper

Synonym: fliptosssky

7. erect and fasten

e.g. pitch a tent

Synonym: set up

8. move abruptly

e.g. The ship suddenly lurched to the left

Synonym: lurchshift

9. heel over

e.g. The tower is tilting
The ceiling is slanting

Synonym: cantcant overtiltslant

10. fall or plunge forward

e.g. She pitched over the railing of the balcony

11. be at an angle

e.g. The terrain sloped down

Synonym: slopeincline

12. sell or offer for sale from place to place

Synonym: peddlemongerhucksterhawkvend

1. （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.

pitch在线翻译

e.g. There was a swimming-pool, cricket pitches, playing fields...
有一个游泳池、几个板球场和运动场。
e.g. Their conduct both on and off the pitch was excellent.
他们场上场下都表现出众。

2. （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.

e.g. Simon pitched the empty bottle into the lake.
西蒙把空瓶子扔到湖里。

3. （猛地）向前跌倒
To pitch somewhere means to fall forwards suddenly and with a lot of force.

e.g. The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward...
这一动使他冷不防地向前摔倒。
e.g. 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。

4. 迫使…进入（新的境地）
If someone is pitched into a new situation, they are suddenly forced into it.

e.g. They were being pitched into a new adventure...
他们正被抛入一场新的冒险。
e.g. 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. （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.

e.g. 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。

6. 音高
The pitch of a sound is how high or low it is.

e.g. He raised his voice to an even higher pitch.
他把音调抬得更高了。

7. 为…定音高；为…定调
If a sound is pitched at a particular level, it is produced at the level indicated.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

8. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. 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.

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e.g. He had pitched his tent in the yard...
他在院子里搭起了帐篷。
e.g. 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. （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.

e.g. 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. 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.

e.g. 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. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

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1. pitch的翻译

1. 节距：其导热系数(K值)保持稳定长期不变,正常情况下在热水管上使用寿命长达十年以上; 2、 亚罗弗(AEROFLEX)由于其...[摘要]各种规格型号同步 带型号(TYPE)节距(PITCH)可供规格(OFFERSPECIFICATION)型号(TYPE)节距(PITCH)可供规格(OFFE

2. pitch的意思

2. 螺距：在机架旋转时间为0.33 s时,要想达到83 ms的时间分辨率,只能在心率为66 bpm、81 bpm和104 bpm时通过两扇区重建才能实现,而DSCT在任何心率时只用一个心动周期的数据就能实现. 心率(bpm) 螺距(pitch) 床速(mm/s)

3. 音调：2.音高(或音调)(pitch)是人对声波频率的主观属性,它首先和声波频率有关. 频率(frequence)是物理量,指每秒振动的次数,单位为赫(或赫兹)(Hz). 声波的振动频率高,我们听到的声音就高;相反,振动频率低,听起来就低,但它们之间并非线性关系.