| 单词 | pitched |
| 释义 | pitched (once / 499 pages) 1adj 2adj Something that's pitched is slanted or sharply angled. The pitched roof on your cabin means that snow slides right off in the winter time. You're almost always going to see the adjective pitched describing the angle of a roof. The sharply pitched roof on your grandparents' house might make the attic particularly charming, and the barely pitched roof of your garden shed could lead to a leaky situation in heavy rainstorms. Pitched comes from the sense of pitch that means "slope or inclination," but beyond that its origin is unknown. WORD FAMILYpitch: pitched, pitcher, pitches, pitching, pitchy+/pitcher: pitcherful, pitchers/pitcherful: pitcherfuls/pitching: pitchings/pitchy: pitchiest USAGE EXAMPLESSnell pitched in the minor leagues for five years before being called up to the Rays in June. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Later, he also successfully pitched the idea of a youth council to Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) The final line: four innings pitched, two runs, three hits, a walk and four strikeouts. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 adj set at a slant 2a pitched rather than a flat roof Syn inclined at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position adj (of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form high- pitched |
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