| 释义 |
ˈpitchman U.S.
[pitch n.2]
One who sells gadgets or novelties at a fair or in the street. Also transf. and fig., an advertiser, one who delivers a sales pitch (see pitch n.2 5 b).
1926Amer. Speech Feb. 283/1 Pitchman, a man who sells novelties on the circus lot or on the streets adjacent to the lot. 1934N.Y. American 4 Oct. 21 The army of street pitchmen have had the biggest season in years. 1940W. Saroyan Love's Old Sweet Song 17 in Three Plays, Barnaby Gaul, 51, a pitchman. 1949Time 19 Dec. 34/3 They are all journalistic racketeers—I mean pitchmen. 1956H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) xix. 172, I coughed into my best pitchman's voice. 1972Guardian 6 Dec. 13/1 American astronauts..have become bank directors, pitchmen for cars and railroads on televison commercials, executives in real estate. 1975Publishers Weekly 28 Apr. 44/1 Mandino is a pitchman for positive thinking in the hallowed line including Bruce Barton and Norman Vincent Peale. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 2 Oct. 18/4 Boudreau was a pitchman in the old Clyde Beatty Circus before he went on to Juilliard and the Paris Conservatory. 1976Time 20 Dec. 20/2 Cecil D. Andrus..has been TV pitchman for Idaho potatoes. 1977Time 7 Feb. 43/2 He has also taken on the role of pitchman, appearing personally in Eastern's ads to stress the line's concern for passengers. |