pitch
noun/pɪtʃ/
/pɪtʃ/
Idioms 
enlarge image(British English)(also field North American English, British English)[countable] an area of ground specially prepared and marked for playing a sports game（体育比赛的）场地；球场 - a football pitch
足球场 - a cricket/rugby/hockey pitch
板球场；橄榄球场；曲棍球场 - an artificial pitch
人造球场 - After the game fans invaded the pitch.
比赛结束后，球迷涌入球场。 - The rugby tour was a disaster both on and off the pitch (= they lost their matches and the players behaved badly while on tour, getting bad news reports).
这次橄榄球巡回赛在场上、场下都彻底失败。
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsb2- He was the best player on the pitch today.
他是今天场上表现最好的选手。 - Negotiations about his transfer are continuing off the pitch.
关于他转会的谈判仍在球场外继续进行。 - The pitch was invaded by angry fans.
愤怒的球迷涌入球场。 - The players have just come off the pitch.
选手们刚从球场下来。 - The game ended in chaos with fans invading the pitch.
球迷冲进赛场，球赛在一片混乱中结束。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-weather
- grass
- synthetic
- …
- invade
- run onto
- invasion
- off the pitch
- on a/the pitch
- a football pitch
- [singular, uncountable] how high or low a sound is, especially a musical note
（尤指乐音的）音高 - A basic sense of rhythm and pitch is essential in a music teacher.
基本的韵律感和音高感是音乐教师的必备素质。
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagec1, Musicc1- The pitch of the drum can be raised by tightening the skin.
可以通过绷紧鼓皮来提高鼓的音高。 - Her voice fell in pitch as she grew older.
她的音高随年龄的增长而下降。 - The instrument is not tuned to the correct pitch.
乐器的音高没有调准。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- correct
- …
- fall in
- rise in
- change
- …
- have perfect pitch
- A basic sense of rhythm and pitch is essential in a music teacher.
- [singular, uncountable] the degree or strength of a feeling or activity; the highest point of something
（感情或活动的）程度，力度；（事物的）最高点 - a frenetic pitch of activity
活动的狂热极点 - Speculation has reached such a pitch that a decision will have to be made immediately.
种种猜测甚嚣尘上，以致必须立即作出决定。 - to reach a high pitch of excitement
达到极其兴奋的程度
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fever
- high
- reach
- rise to
- pitch of
see also fever pitch - a frenetic pitch of activity
- [countable, usually singular] talk or arguments used by a person trying to sell something or persuade people to do something
试图推销某物或说服人们做某事的人所使用的谈话或论点 - an aggressive sales pitch
强有力的推销行话 - the candidate’s campaign pitch
候选人的竞选宣传 - Each company was given ten minutes to make its pitch.
每个公司有十分钟时间做推销宣传。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2- Farley was about to make a pitch to a big client.
法利即将对一个大客户进行推销。 - His pitch to the business community was based on common sense.
他对商界的推销是以常识为基础的。 - Marcelo will be making his pitch to a small number of potential clients.
马塞洛将向少数的潜在客户进行推销。 - The executives listened open-mouthed as she seamlessly delivered a pitch for their business.
她滔滔不绝地推销业务，让高管们听得目瞪口呆。 - a strong pitch delivered by advertising executives
广告主管发表的强有力的推销言辞
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sales
- good
- strong
- …
- deliver
- do
- give
- …
- meeting
- pitch for
- pitch to
- an aggressive sales pitch
- [countable] an act of throwing the ball; the way in which it is thrown
投球；投球方法 Synonyms throwthrowtoss ▪ hurl ▪ fling ▪ chuck ▪ lob ▪ bowl ▪ pitchThese words all mean to send something from your hand through the air.throw to send something from your hand or hands through the air:- Some kids were throwing stones at the window.
有些孩子在朝窗户扔石头。 - She threw the ball and he caught it.
她把球抛出来，他接住了。
- She tossed her jacket onto the bed.
她把她的短上衣丢到床上。
- Rioters hurled a brick through the car’s windscreen.
暴徒把一块砖猛地扔向汽车，砸破了挡风玻璃。
- She flung the letter down onto the table.
她把信摔在桌子上。
- I chucked him the keys.
我把钥匙扔给了他。
- They were lobbing stones over the wall.
他们在朝墙那边扔石头。
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch something at/to somebody/something
- to throw/toss/fling/chuck something aside/away
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch a ball
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck stones/rocks/a brick
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling something angrily
- to throw/toss something casually/carelessly
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wild
- deliver
- hit
- make
- …
- Some kids were throwing stones at the window.
- [uncountable] a black sticky substance made from oil or coal, used on roofs or the wooden boards of a ship to stop water from coming through
沥青；柏油 - [countable] (British English) a place in a street or market where somebody sells things, or where somebody performs in order to entertain people outdoors
（街头售货或艺人演出的）摊点，场子 - (British English) (North American English campsite)a place in a campsite where you can put up one tent or park one caravan, etc.
（露营地中的）营位 - Pitches to rent from only £15 per night.
营位租金每晚仅 15 英镑起。
- Pitches to rent from only £15 per night.
- [uncountable] (specialist) the movement of a ship up and down in the water or of an aircraft in the air
（船在水上的）上下颠簸，纵摇；（飞机在空中的）俯仰 - [singular, uncountable] (specialist) the degree to which a roof slopes
倾斜度 - The pitch of the roof is 45 degrees.
屋顶的坡度为45度。
- The pitch of the roof is 45 degrees.
for sport
of sound
degree/strength
to sell something
in baseball
black substance
in street/market
camping
of ship/aircraft
of roof
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 and noun senses 7 to 9 Middle English (as a verb in the senses ‘thrust (something pointed) into the ground’ and ‘fall headlong’): perhaps related to Old English picung ‘stigmata’, of unknown ultimate origin. The sense development is obscure. noun sense 6 Old English pic (noun), pician (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pek and German Pech; based on Latin pix, pic-.
Idioms
make a pitch for somebody/something | make a pitch to somebody
- to make a determined effort to get something or to persuade somebody of something
决心获得；决心劝服 - He made a pitch to black voters in Alabama.
他向阿拉巴马州的黑人选民进行了宣传。
- He made a pitch to black voters in Alabama.
queer somebody’s pitch | queer the pitch (for somebody)
- (British English, informal) to cause somebody’s plans to fail or to destroy their chances of getting something
毁掉某人的计划（或机会）