1. | [c] （体育比赛的）场地；球场an area of ground specially prepared and marked for playing a sports game |
a football/cricket/rugby pitch 足球╱板球╱橄榄球场 | |
The rugby tour was a disaster both on and off the pitch. 这次橄榄球巡回赛在场上、场下都彻底失败。 |
2. | [sing][u] （尤指乐音的）音高how high or low a sound is, especially a musical note |
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。 |
3. | [sing][u] （感情、活动等的）程度，力度；（事物的）最高点the degree or strength of a feeling or activity; the highest point of sth |
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，以至必须立即作出决定。 |
4. | [c][ususing] 推销的话；说教；宣传论点talk or arguments used by a person trying to sell things or persuade people to do sth |
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。 |
5. | [c] 投球；投球方法an act of throwing the ball; the way in which it is thrown |
6. | [u] 沥青；柏油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 |
7. | [c] 街头售货摊点；街头艺人表演地点a place in a street or market where sb sells things, or where a street entertainer usually performs |
8. | [u] （船在水上的）上下颠簸，纵摇；（飞机在空中的）俯仰the movement of a ship up and down in the water or of an aircraft in the air |
9. | [sing][u] 倾斜度the degree to which a roof slopes |
1. | [t] ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. 用力扔；投；抛to throw sb/sth with force |
The explosion pitched her violently into the air. 爆炸把她猛烈地抛向空中。 | |
The new government has already been pitched into a crisis. 新政府已被抛入危机之中。 |
2. | [i][t] ~ (sth) 将（球）投给击球员；投球；当投手to throw the ball to the person who is batting |
3. | [i][t] ~ (sth) + adv./prep. 触地；（使球）定点落地to hit the ground; to make the ball hit the ground |
The ball pitched a yard short. 球差一码落了地。 |
4. | [t][i] ~ (sth) 劈高球；击高球to hit the ball in a high curve |
5. | [i] + adv./prep. 重跌；踉跄倒下to fall heavily in a particular direction |
With a cry she pitched forward. 她大叫一声向前跌倒了。 |
6. | [i] 纵摇；颠簸；上下飘荡to move up and down on the water or in the air |
The sea was rough and the ship pitched and rolled all night. 大海波涛汹涌，船整夜颠簸摇晃。 |
7. | [t] 确定标准to set sth at a particular level |
They have pitched their prices too high. 他们把价格定得太高了。 | |
The test was pitched at too low a level for the students. 这次考试太低估学生的程度了。 |
8. | [t] （使产品或服务）针对，面向；确定销售对象（或目标市场）to aim or direct a product or service at a particular group of people |
The new software is being pitched at banks. 这种新软件以银行为目标市场。 | |
Orange juice is to be pitched as an athlete's drink. 橙汁将作为运动员饮料进行推销。 |
9. | [t][i] 推销；争取支持（或生意等）to try to persuade sb to buy sth, to give you sth or to make a business deal with you |
Representatives went to Japan to pitch the company's newest products. 销售代表前往日本推销公司的最新产品。 | |
We were pitching against a much larger company for the contract. 我们在与一家比我们大得多的公司竞争这项合同。 |
10. | [t] ~ sth + adj. 定音高to produce a sound or piece of music at a particular level |
You pitched that note a little flat. 你把那个音符定得有点低了。 | |
The song was pitched too low for my voice. 这首歌起调太低，不适合我的嗓音。 |
11. | [t] ~ sth 搭（帐篷）；扎（营）to set up a tent or a camp for a short time |
We could pitch our tent in that field. 我们可以临时把帐篷搭在那块地上。 | |
They pitched camp for the night near the river. 他们靠河边扎营过夜。 |
