pitch

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  • n. 球场；程度；音调；推销；投掷；街头商贩摊位；沥青；树脂；松脂
  • v. 投；颠簸；搭帐篷；定调；推销；用沥青覆盖

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    pitch用力扔，抛，投球，球场，上下颠簸，倾斜来自中古英语pikken，刺，插，词源同peck,pike.引申词义扔，抛，投球，球场，倾斜等诸多词义。插入字母t，比较bake,batch,piece,patch.pitch沥青，柏油来自古英语pic，沥青，柏油，来自拉丁语pix，沥青，柏油，来自PIE*pik，松脂，松香，来自PIE*pei，脂肪，松脂，汁液，词源同fat,pine.pitch沥青；树脂首先，沥青的主要成分是树脂；再看树脂，它其实和单词fat（脂肪；肥胖的）同源，树脂和脂肪的关系不必赘述；pitch来自印欧词根*pi-（汁液），fat来自印欧词根*poid-，它是前者的扩展形式；体会里面的p、f音变关系，再如单词father和词根patr-都表“父亲”。

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. [ C ] 运动场地;（尤指）足球场

      a football/hockey/cricket pitch

      足球／曲棍球／板球赛场

      Supporters invaded (= ran onto) the pitch.

      球迷们跑进了球场。

    2. [ C or U ] 水平;程度

      The piano and organ were tuned to the same pitch (= note).

      钢琴和风琴被定在同一音调上。

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

      如果你把孩子和成人放在同一个班级里教，就很难完全找出适合学生的难度和他们的兴趣。

    3. [ S ] （感觉的）程度

      By this time their disagreement had reached such a pitch that there was no hope of an amicable conclusion.

      此时，他们的分歧已如此之大，不可能善罢罢休。

      The children were at fever pitch (= very excited) the day before the party.

      派对的前一天孩子们特别兴奋。

    4. [ C ] 推销用语;推销

      The man in the shop gave me his (sales) pitch about quality and reliability.

      商店里的那个男人对我大谈质量上乘信誉可靠之类的推销行话。

      She made a pitch for the job but she didn't get it.

      她竭力争取这份工作，但却未得到。

      The city made a pitch to stage the Olympics.

      该市竭力争取主办奥运会。

    5. [ C ] 摊位

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

      那个卖花人在车站外他平时的摊位上。

    6. [ S ] （尤指屋顶的）坡度

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

      这屋顶坡度很陡／大／平缓／小。

    7. [ U ] 沥青，柏油
    8. [ C ] 投球

      a good/bad pitch

      质量好／差的投球

    9. [ C ] 宿营地

      We chose a large level grassy pitch for our caravan.

      我们选了一大片平坦的草地停放我们的旅行拖车。

    verb(动词)
    1. [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] （使）突然移动;（尤指）投，扔

      She pitched the stone into the river.

      她把石头扔到河里。

      The ball pitched (= landed) short.

      球投到了不远处。

      The bike hit a rut and I was pitched (forward) onto the road.

      自行车卡进车辙，我重重地（向前）摔在路上。

      The ship pitched up and down/from side to side in the rough seas.

      船在汹涌的海浪里上下／左右颠簸。

    2. [ I or T ] 投（球）

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

      今晚谁是白短袜队第一个投球的？

    3. [ T ] 支，搭（帐篷）

      We pitched camp/our tent in the shade.

      我们在阴凉处安营／搭起帐篷。

    4. [ T ] 调校至某一水平

      The tune was pitched (= the notes in it were) too high for me to reach the top notes.

      调定得太高，高音处我唱不上去。

      A teacher's got to pitch a lesson at the right level for the students.

      老师必须把课的难易程度定得与学生的水平相符。

    5. [ I or T ] 竭力劝说

      She pitched her idea to me over a business lunch.

      她在一次吃工作午餐时竭力向我游说她的想法。

      They are pitching for business at the moment.

      他们正在招揽生意。

    6. [ I usually + adv/prep ] 倾斜

    小知识

    In baseball, the ball is pitched (thrown). Elsewhere, writers, salesmen, and other folks make pitches (proposals).

    There's a long list of pitches, both nouns and verbs. A salesman can give you a sales pitch, when he tells you all the reasons you should buy what he's selling. A high, short golf shot is a pitch. If you are singing the right notes to a song then you are on pitch. A rocking boat is pitching. The only way to know which pitch is meant is to look at the situation and who's using the word.

    实用短语

    1. pitch perfect

      歌喉赞,完美音调,清唱合唱团,绝对音感

    2. pitch black

      星际传奇,深黑色,漆黑一片,深玄色

    3. pitch lake

      彼奇湖,沥青湖

    4. pitch accent

      音高重音,乐调重音,音高重调,升高重音

    5. pitch diameter

    6. illegal pitch

      不合法投球,三六不合法投球,不正当投球

    7. dot pitch

      点距,点间距,点阵格式,光点

    8. axial pitch

    9. pixel pitch

      像素间距,点间距,像素点间距

    常用短语

    1. pitch in

      投入；作出贡献

    2. tar pitch

      焦油沥青

    3. coal tar pitch

      沥青；煤焦油沥青；硬煤沥青

    4. pitch on

      选中；决定

    5. pitch angle

      节面角（锥齿轮的）；螺旋角

    6. variable pitch

      可变螺距；可变节距；变斜度

    7. pitch diameter

      节圆直径

    8. pitch control

      树脂障碍控制；行距控制；节距控制；音调控制

    9. screw pitch

      螺纹距，螺距

    10. pitch point

      节点；齿轮啮合节点

    11. sales pitch

      推销商品的言辞

    12. petroleum pitch

      石油沥青

    13. football pitch

      足球场

    14. pitch period

      齿节周期；音高周期

    15. at fever pitch

      处于狂热状态；处于非常激动(或兴奋)状态,source:21世纪

    16. pitch circle

      齿节圆，节距圆

    17. pitch curve

      啮合曲线；分度曲线

    18. fixed pitch

      固定字宽

    19. fever pitch

      n. 狂热；极度兴奋

    20. thread pitch

      螺距

    单词用法

    动词辨析
    以下这些动词均有”抛，投，掷”的意思
    throw：普通用词，使用广泛，仅指用力抛掷，不涉及动作方式或感情色彩。
    cast常可与throw互换，指迅速扔出一个重量较轻的物体。
    fling：指用力投掷，或因感情激动而粗暴地或漫无目的地扔东西。
    heave：指把重物举起后扔出。
    hurl：通常指用力投掷，动作迅猛，所投掷的距离也较远。
    pitch：指随意地、轻轻地掷或扔，侧重方向性和有明确的目标。
    toss：指无什么目的地、轻轻地、随意地掷或扔，所扔掷的东西一般都比较轻。
    重要短语
    pitch in投入；作出贡献
    tar pitch焦油沥青
    coal tar pitch沥青；煤焦油沥青；硬煤沥青
    pitch on选中；决定

    同义词辨析

    throw, cast, fling, heave, hurl, pitch, toss

    这些动词均有”抛，投，掷”之意。

    • throw： 普通用词，使用广泛，仅指用力抛掷，不涉及动作方式或感情色彩。
    • cast常可与throw互换，指迅速扔出一个重量较轻的物体。
    • fling： 指用力投掷，或因感情激动而粗暴地或漫无目的地扔东西。
    • heave： 指把重物举起后扔出。
    • hurl： 通常指用力投掷，动作迅猛，所投掷的距离也较远。
    • pitch： 指随意地、轻轻地掷或扔，侧重方向性和有明确的目标。
    • toss： 指无什么目的地、轻轻地、随意地掷或扔，所扔掷的东西一般都比较轻。

    同义词

    hurl  /  stagger  /  sling  /  roll  /  fall  /  flounder  /  lurch  /  fling  /  sway  /  cast  /  reel  /  toss  /  topple  /  heave  /  rock  /  throw

    反义词

    catch

    同根词

    词根：pitch

    adj.

    pitched斜的；人字形的

    pitching倾斜的；陡的

    pitchy漆黑的；沥青的；粘性的

    n.

    pitcher投手；大水罐

    pitching俯仰；铺地石；投手投球

    v.

    pitched使倾斜；扎营；投掷（pitch的过去分词）

    pitching使倾斜（pitch的ing形式）；投掷；用沥青涂；为…定调