| 释义 |
pitch1/pitʃ/ v. & n.●v. 1 tr. (also absol. [亦含宾]) erect and fix (a tent, camp, etc.) 架设，固定(帐篷、营棚等) 2 tr.a throw; fling 扔，掷；投 b (in games) throw (a flat object) towards a mark (游戏中)把(扁平物)掷向目标 3 tr. fix or plant (a thing) in a definite position 把(某物)置于特定位置 4 tr. express in a particular style or at a particular level 以某种风格(或水平)表达 pitched his argument at the most basic level 用最基本的道理阐述他的论点 5 intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 against, into, etc.) fall heavily, esp. headlong (尤指头向前)跌倒 6 intr. (of a moving ship etc.) rock or oscillate so that the front moves up and down (cf. 参见 ROLL v. 8a) (行驶中的船等)前颠后簸地摇荡 7 tr. Mus. set at a particular pitch 【音】为…定音调 8 intr. (of a roof etc.) slope downwards (屋顶等)向下倾斜 9 intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 about) move with a vigorous jogging motion, as in a train, carriage, etc. (火车、马车等)颠簸摇晃地行驶 10 Cricket 【板球】a tr. cause (a bowled ball) to strike the ground at a specified point etc. 使(投球)击地 b intr. (of a bowled ball) strike the ground (投球)击地 11 tr. colloq. tell (a yarn or a tale) [口]讲述(奇谈或故事) 12 tr. Golf play (a ball) with a pitch shot 【高尔夫球】击(球) 13 tr. pave (a road) with stones 用石子铺(路) ●n. 1a Brit. the area of play in a field game [英]板球场 b Cricket the area between the creases 【板球】投球限制区之间的场地 2 height, degree, intensity, etc. 高度；程度(或强度等) the pitch of despair 绝望程度; nerves were strung to a pitch 神经极度紧张 3a the steepness of a slope, esp. of a roof, stratum, etc. (尤指屋顶、地层等的)倾斜 b the degree of such a pitch 倾斜度 4 Mus. 【音】a that quality of a sound which is governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone 音高；音高度 b a standard scale of this used in performance etc. (cf. 参见 CONCERT PITCH 1) (表演等中的)音高标准 5 the pitching motion of a ship etc. (船舶等的)前后颠簸 6 Cricket the act or mode of delivery in bowling, or the spot where the ball bounces 【板球】投球；投球方式；落球点 7 colloq. a salesman's advertising or selling approach [口]推销话；推销方式 8 Brit. a place where a street vendor sells wares, has a stall, etc. [英] (街头商贩的)设摊处，摊铺 9 (also 亦作 pitch shot) Golf a high approach shot with a short run 【高尔夫球】下旋高球 10 Mech. the distance between successive corresponding points or lines, e.g. between the teeth of a cogwheel etc. 【机】齿节，节距 11 the height to which a falcon etc. soars before swooping on its prey (鹰等扑向猎物前的)俯冲高度 12 the delivery of a baseball by a pitcher (棒球运动中的)投球 □ pitch in colloq. set to work vigorously [口]着手大干 □ pitch into colloq. [口] 1 attack forcibly with blows, words, etc. (用拳、话语等)猛烈攻击 2 assail (food, work, etc.) vigorously 大吃特吃(食物)；大干特干(工作等) □ pitch on (or upon) Brit. happen to select [英]选上，选中 □ pitch up Cricket bowl (a ball) to bounce near the batsman 【板球】把(球)投到靠近击球手的位置 □ pitch wickets Cricket fix the stumps in the ground and place the bails 【板球】(场地上)固定三柱门的柱和横木 [earlier = thrust a stake etc. into the ground: Middle English pic(c)he, perhaps related to Old English picung ‘stigmata’] |