pitches

英 [ˈpɪtʃɪz]

美 [ˈpɪtʃɪz]

n.  (体育比赛的)场地; 球场; (感情、活动等的)程度，力度; (事物的)最高点; (尤指乐音的)音高
v.  用力扔; 投; 抛; 将(球)投给击球员; 投球; 当投手; 触地; (使球)定点落地
pitch的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （足球、板球、曲棍球等运动的）球场
  Apitchis an area of ground that is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey.
  1. There was a swimming-pool, cricket pitches, playing fields...
     有一个游泳池、几个板球场和运动场。
  2. Their conduct both on and off the pitch was excellent.
     他们场上场下都表现出众。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 field


• VERB （通常指仔细瞄准后用力）投，掷，扔，抛
  If youpitchsomething somewhere, you throw it with quite a lot of force, usually aiming it carefully.
  1. Simon pitched the empty bottle into the lake.
     西蒙把空瓶子扔到湖里。
• VERB （猛地）向前跌倒
  Topitchsomewhere means to fall forwards suddenly and with a lot of force.
  1. The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward...
     这一动使他冷不防地向前摔倒。
  2. Alan staggered sideways, pitched head-first over the low wall and fell into the lake...
     艾伦身子倒向一侧，一头栽过矮墙，跌进了湖里。
  3. I was pitched into the water and swam ashore.
     我被甩到水里后向岸边游去。
• VERB 迫使…进入（新的境地）
  If someoneis pitched intoa new situation, they are suddenly forced into it.
  1. They were being pitched into a new adventure...
     他们正被抛入一场新的冒险。
  2. This could pitch the government into confrontation with the workforce.
     这有可能把政府推向与工人正面交锋的境地。
• VERB （棒球或跑柱式棒球运动中）把（球）投给击球员
  In the game of baseball or rounders, when youpitchthe ball, you throw it to the batter for them to hit it.
  1. We passed long, hot afternoons pitching a baseball.
     我们通过投棒球玩打发了一个个漫长、炎热的下午。
• See also:He raised his voice to an even higher pitch.perfect pitch
• See also:His cry is pitched at a level that makes it impossible to ignore...His voice was pitched high, the words muffled by his crying...Her voice was well pitched and brisk.high-pitchedlow-pitched
• VERB 把…定（在特定的水平、难易程度等上）
  If somethingis pitched ata particular level or degree of difficulty, it is set at that level.
  1. I think the material is pitched at too high a level for our purposes...
     我想相对于我们的意图来说，内容定得过难了。
  2. The government has pitched High Street interest rates at a new level.
     政府已设定了新的商业利率水平。
• See also:I feel very sorry for the competitors who have all worked themselves up to a very high pitch for this first day...Tension has reached such a pitch that the armed forces say soldiers may have to use their weapons to defend themselves against local people.fever pitch
• VERB 搭（帐篷）；扎（营）
  If youpitchyourtent, orpitch camp, you put up your tent in a place where you are going to stay.
  1. He had pitched his tent in the yard...
     他在院子里搭起了帐篷。
  2. At dusk we pitched camp in the middle of nowhere.
     黄昏时分，我们在茫茫荒野中扎了营。
• VERB （船只在海浪中）上下颠簸，纵摇
  If a boatpitches, it moves violently up and down with the movement of the waves when the sea is rough.
  1. The ship is pitching and rolling in what looks like about fifteen foot seas.
     这只船在看起来约有15英尺高的海浪中上下左右颠簸。
• See also:The timbers of similar houses were painted with pitch.pitch-black
• See also:pitched
• See also:The President speaks in New York today, making another pitch for his economic program...Prue invited the magazine's editor to lunch and made her pitch.sales pitch

双语例句

• Steel drums were made of oil drums heated and hammered into an instrument with multiple pitches played with rubber-headed mallets and were often played in bands of many instruments.
  钢鼓由油桶制成被加热和被锤击成一台仪器以多沥青被演奏与橡胶朝向的短槌和经常被演奏了在许多仪器带。
• But this is also the time of year when the rain comes and the pitches are quicker.
  但每年这时候雨水也会多起来，这会让球场的速度变快。
• Passengers sway as the ship rolls or pitches.
  乘客随着船的动荡或颠簸而摇晃。
• Sometimes he might have three or four pitches he thinks he needs to work on.
  他会在一个点投三四个球直到他认为可以继续了。
• It feels more like Hollywood now, full of people writing scripts and honing pitches.
  现在这里给人感觉更像好莱坞了，满是写脚本和打磨推介词的人。
• Illegal pitches will be called immediately; batter has option to swing.
  不合法的投球会被立刻判坏球，而不管击球手是否有挥击动作。
• Based on sales pitches that sometimes failed to live up to promises.
  基于销售摊位，有时辜负诺言。
• He nearly always pitches too far.
  他几乎总是投得过远。
• The organisation was considering making pitches on trains from London to metropolitan centres.
  这个组织正考虑在从伦敦到各大中心城市的火车上做宣传。
• I think if everyone pitches in, the world will be a better place.
  我觉得如果人人都能同心协力，这个世界将会更美好。