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pitch1 /pɪtʃ/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun  
1  sports field 运动场地 [countableC] British EnglishBrEDSDS a marked out area of ground on which a sport is played 场地 SYN field
football/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, uncountableU]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, uncountableU] 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[uncountableU] 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 [countableC] 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 [countableC]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 baseball
6  black substance 黑色物质 [uncountableU]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-dark
7  ship/aircraft 船/ 飞机 [uncountableU]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, uncountableU]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 [countableC] British EnglishBrEDL 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 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]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 throw
2  pitch.jpg ball games 球类运动
a) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]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) [intransitiveI]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) [transitiveT]DSG to hit the ball in a high curve in golf 〔高尔夫球中〕把〔球〕击成高球
d) [transitiveT]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 baseball
3  fall 跌倒 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]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
4. ship/plane 船/ 飞机 [intransitiveI]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), → yaw
5  set a level 确定水平 [transitiveT]
6  aim product 确定产品目标 [transitiveT] 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
7  business deals 交易 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] informalSELL to try to persuade someone to do business with you, buy something etc 竭力推销
8  voice/music 声音/音乐 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]CSAPM if you pitch your voice or another sound at a particular level, the sound is produced at that level 定…的音高
9  pitch a tent/pitch camp DLOto set up a tent or a camp for a short time 〔临时〕搭帐篷/扎营
10  slope 斜坡 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]HORIZONTAL to slope down 向下倾斜
11  pitch somebody a line American EnglishAmE 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]
Examples from the Corpus
pitch somebody a line• She pitched me some line about a bomb scare on the metro.• The Michigan governor, John Engler, pitched that line for Bush last weekend.
12 pitch in phrasal verbphr v informal 
Examples from the Corpus
pitch with• Walsh, bedecked with new suit and executive glasses, had pitched in with his usual aggressive style.• The Green Party is pitching in with policies on Rubbish recycling and transport.• The maid would go and all of them would pitch in with the housework.
13 pitch into somebody/something phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal 
Examples from the Corpus
pitch into • If this is achieved, then the fact that the ball is pitching into an upslope means there's very little run.• She felt weightless as they pitched into empty air.• Or that wicked sidearm delivery that turned right-handed hitters who liked to dive into pitches into paratroopers.• I got a very bad feeling as we pitched into the bathroom and-fumbled for the mouthwash.• I pitched into the chores with a light heart, singing to myself as I worked.• You had to drive leftish to position yourself far enough down the fairway to get a pitch into the green.• The submersible, hatch open, pitched into the sea.• But they are not eager to pitch into two helpless dummies strapped to chairs.
14 pitch up phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE spoken ARRIVEto arrive somewhere 到达 SYN turn up
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 Dictionary
pitchpitch1 /pɪtʃ/ noun [countableC]
1 (also sales pitch) informalMARKETING what a sales person says about a product to persuade people to buy it
2MARKETING an attempt by an ADVERTISING AGENCY to persuade a company to use its services to advertise a product
Each agency made its pitch.
3British EnglishBrECOMMERCE a place in a public area where a street trader goes to sell things
pitchpitch2 verb
1[transitiveT]FINANCE to set prices at a particular level
Prices for the new trucks are pitched very competitively.
2[intransitiveI, transitiveT] informalMARKETING to try to make a business agreement, or to sell something in a particular way
sales reps pitching the latest gadgets
The resort is being pitched as a conference venue.
pitch for
The luxury clothing retailer has invited a number of agencies to pitch for its estimated £1.5 million international business.
Origin pitch1
1. (1400-1500) → PITCH2
2. Old English pic, from Latin pix
 pitch2
(1100-1200) Origin unknown
pitch1 nounpitch2 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2
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