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单词 pitch
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pitchnoun

uk/pɪtʃ/us/pɪtʃ/

pitch noun (SPORTS FIELD)

B2 [ C ] UK US field an area painted with lines for playing particular sports, especially football:

a football/hockey/cricket pitch
Supporters invaded (= ran onto) the pitch.

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  • He was taken to hospital after his collapse on the pitch.
  • He dribbled the ball to the edge of the pitch.
  • At the end of the match, the pitch was a real quagmire.
  • Unfortunately the game was cancelled because of a waterlogged pitch.
  • The football pitch was absolutely sodden.

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Surfaces on which sports take place

  • 18-yard box
  • AstroTurf
  • bench
  • course
  • D, d
  • dry slope
  • far post
  • field
  • goalmouth
  • goalpost
  • golf course
  • groundsman
  • penalty area
  • penalty spot
  • stretch
  • touch
  • touchline
  • track
  • unplayable
  • wing

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Football/soccer

pitch noun (LEVEL)

[ C or U ] the level or degree of something:

The piano and organ were tuned to the same pitch (= note).
If you teach children and adults in the same class, it's difficult to get the pitch (= level of difficulty or interest) right.

[ S ] the level of a feeling:

By this time their disagreement had reached such a pitch that there was no hope of an amicable conclusion.
The children were at fever pitch (= very excited) the day before the party.

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Measurements in general

  • bathymetry
  • deep
  • dimension
  • distance
  • draught
  • floor-length
  • hecto-
  • imperial
  • length
  • length
  • linear
  • measurable
  • measurement
  • mega
  • pico-
  • ply
  • tyre pressure
  • unit
  • vital statistics
  • wheelbase

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pitch noun (PERSUASION)

[ C ] a speech or act that attempts to persuade someone to buy or do something:

The man in the shop gave me his (sales) pitch about quality and reliability.
She made a pitch for the job but she didn't get it.
[ + to infinitive ] The city made a pitch to stage the Olympics.

[ C ] UK a place in a public area where a person regularly sells goods or performs:

The flower seller was at his usual pitch outside the station.

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Urging & persuading

  • argumentation
  • blag
  • brainwash
  • bring
  • browbeat
  • butter
  • get sth out of sb
  • incite
  • persuasion
  • preach
  • press-gang
  • prevail on/upon sb
  • proselytize
  • rush sb into (doing) sth
  • sucker sb into sth
  • swing
  • talk sb down
  • talk sb out of sth
  • twist
  • work on sb

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Towns & regions: environments & localities

pitch noun (SLOPE)

[ S ] the amount of slope, especially of a roof:

This roof has a very steep/high/gentle/low pitch.

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Parts of buildings: roofs & parts of roofs

  • chimney pot
  • chimney stack
  • cupola
  • dome
  • domed
  • eave
  • frieze
  • loft
  • mansard roof
  • pediment
  • rafter
  • ridge
  • roof
  • roof sth in/over
  • roofer
  • shingle
  • slate
  • thatcher
  • tile
  • turret

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Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting

pitch noun (BLACK SUBSTANCE)

[ U ] a thick, black substance that was used in the past to make wooden ships and buildings waterproof

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Building materials

  • adobe
  • airbrick
  • asbestos
  • asphalt
  • bitumen
  • boarding
  • flagstone
  • flitch
  • floorboard
  • flooring
  • hard core
  • lacquer
  • limestone
  • putty
  • razor wire
  • reinforced concrete
  • roofing
  • rubble
  • shingle
  • weatherboarding

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pitch noun (BASEBALL)

[ C ] a throw in a baseball game:

a good/bad pitch

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Baseball & rounders

  • backstop
  • ball
  • ballgame
  • base hit
  • batter
  • batting average
  • bunt
  • catcher
  • curveball
  • double
  • grounder
  • groundout
  • home run
  • infielder
  • peg
  • pitcher
  • screwball
  • sock
  • stuff
  • the World Series

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Throwing

pitch noun (TENT)

[ C ] UK US site the piece of ground on which you can put up a tent, park a caravan, etc.:

We chose a large level grassy pitch for our caravan.

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Camping

  • backpacker
  • billy
  • bivvy
  • bivvy sack
  • camp
  • campfire
  • campground
  • camping
  • canvas
  • caravan park
  • cot
  • fly
  • flysheet
  • glamping
  • groundcloth
  • groundsheet
  • lean-to
  • peg
  • peg sth out
  • trailer park

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pitchverb

uk/pɪtʃ/us/pɪtʃ/

pitch verb (MOVE)

[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to move or be moved suddenly, especially by throwing or being thrown:

She pitched the stone into the river.
The ball pitched (= landed) short.
The bike hit a rut and I was pitched (forward) onto the road.
The ship pitched up and down/from side to side in the rough seas.

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Throwing

  • cast
  • chuck
  • fling
  • heave
  • hurl
  • overhand
  • peg
  • pelt
  • precipitate
  • project
  • projectile
  • sling
  • slung
  • stone
  • throw
  • throw-in
  • thrown
  • toss
  • underarm
  • underhand

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General terms used in ball sports

pitch verb (BASEBALL)

[ I or T ] in baseball, to throw a ball towards the player with the bat in order for them to try to hit it:

Who will be pitching first for the White Sox this evening?

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Baseball & rounders

  • backstop
  • ball
  • ballgame
  • base hit
  • batter
  • batting average
  • bunt
  • catcher
  • curveball
  • double
  • grounder
  • groundout
  • home run
  • infielder
  • peg
  • pitcher
  • screwball
  • sock
  • stuff
  • the World Series

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Throwing

pitch verb (TENT)

B2 [ T ] to put up a tent and make it ready to use:

We pitched camp/our tent in the shade.

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Camping

  • backpacker
  • billy
  • bivvy
  • bivvy sack
  • camp
  • campfire
  • campground
  • camping
  • canvas
  • caravan park
  • cot
  • fly
  • flysheet
  • glamping
  • groundcloth
  • groundsheet
  • lean-to
  • peg
  • peg sth out
  • trailer park

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pitch verb (LEVEL)

[ T ] to express or set something at a particular level:

The tune was pitched (= the notes in it were) too high for me to reach the top notes.
A teacher's got to pitch a lesson at the right level for the students.

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Playing music

  • accompaniment
  • accompany
  • busk
  • conduct
  • fiddle
  • fingering
  • improvisation
  • interpreter
  • jam
  • music
  • perform
  • raise the roof idiom
  • serenade
  • sight-read
  • strike
  • strum
  • swell
  • tap sth out
  • tune
  • virtuoso

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Singing

pitch verb (PERSUADE)

[ I or T ] mainly US to try to persuade someone to do something:

She pitched her idea to me over a business lunch.
They are pitching for business at the moment.

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Urging & persuading

  • argumentation
  • blag
  • brainwash
  • bring
  • browbeat
  • butter
  • get sth out of sb
  • incite
  • persuasion
  • preach
  • press-gang
  • prevail on/upon sb
  • proselytize
  • rush sb into (doing) sth
  • sucker sb into sth
  • swing
  • talk sb down
  • talk sb out of sth
  • twist
  • work on sb

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pitch verb (SLOPE)

[ I usually + adv/prep ] to slope

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Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting

  • angle
  • askew
  • bank
  • cocked
  • cockeyed
  • fall away
  • obliquely
  • pitched
  • rake
  • raked
  • roll
  • shelve
  • skew
  • slanted
  • slope
  • steep
  • steepen
  • tilt
  • tip (sth/sb) over
  • yaw

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Idiom(s)

be pitched into sth

Phrasal verb(s)

pitch in
pitch into sb/sth
pitch up
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