pitch

1. V-T If you pitch something somewhere, you throw it with some force, usually aiming it carefully. 投掷

Simon pitched the empty bottle into the lake. 西蒙把空瓶子投进湖里。

2. V-T In the game of baseball, when you pitch the ball, you throw it to the batter for them to hit it. 投 (球) 给击球手

We passed long, hot afternoons pitching a baseball. 我们以打棒球来消磨一个个漫长的炎热午后。

3. V-T/V-I To pitch somewhere means to fall forwards suddenly and with a lot of force. (向前) 跌倒

The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward. 突然的移动让他猝不及防，向前跌倒。

Alan staggered sideways, pitched head-first over the low wall and fell into the lake. 艾伦两侧摇晃着，一头栽过矮墙，掉进湖里。

4. V-T If someone is pitched into a new situation, they are suddenly forced into it. 迫使进入 (一种新的处境)

They were being pitched into a new adventure in which they would have to fight the whole world. 他们当时正被胁迫参与到一次不得不与整个世界抗衡的新冒险中。

5. N the degree of elevation or depression 程度

6. N-UNCOUNT The pitch of a sound is how high or low it is. 音调

He raised his voice to an even higher pitch. 他将嗓门提得更高了。

7. V-T If a sound is pitched at a particular level, it is produced at the level indicated. 使 (音调)达到(指定水准)[usu passive]

His cry is pitched at a level that makes it impossible to ignore. 他哭声之大让人不可能置若罔闻。

His voice was pitched high, the words muffled by his crying. 他的嗓门提得很高，说的话都被他的叫喊声压得听不清了。

8. →see also high-pitched

9. V-T If something is pitched at a particular level or degree of difficulty, it is set at that level. 给…设定水平 (或难度)

While this is very important material I think it's probably pitched at too high a level for our students. 尽管这是个很重要的材料，但我认为它的难度太大，不适合我们的学生。

10. N-SING If something such as a feeling or a situation rises to a high pitch, it rises to a high level. (感情或形势等的) 程度

The public's feelings were at a high pitch of indignation. 公众的愤怒情绪达到了极点。

11. V-T If someone pitches an idea for something such as a new product, they try to persuade people to accept the idea. 力荐(某主张)

My agent has pitched the idea to my editor in New York. 我的代理人已向我在纽约的编辑力荐这个想法。

12. N-COUNT A pitch is an area of ground that is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey. 比赛场地[英国英语]

...a football pitch. …一个足球场。

He was the fastest thing I ever saw on a baseball field. 他是我见过的在棒球场上跑得最快的家伙。

13. N any of various heavy dark viscid substances obtained as a residue from the distillation of tars 沥青→see alsocoal-tar pitch

14. V to apply pitch to (something) 用沥青覆盖(某物)

15. PHRASE If someone makes a pitch for something, they try to persuade people to do or buy it. 游说

The president speaks in New York today, making another pitch for his economic programme. 总统今天在纽约发表讲话，再一次游说他的经济计划。

16. →see also sales pitch