to put, set, or plant in a fixed or definite place or position.
to throw, fling, hurl, or toss.
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Baseball. to deliver or serve to the batter.to fill the position of pitcher in: He pitched a no-hitter. He pitched a good game.to choose or assign as a pitcher for a game: The manager pitched Greene the next night.
to set at a certain point, degree, level, etc.: He pitched his hopes too high.
Music. to set at a particular pitch, or determine the key or keynote of.
Cards. to lead, thereby fixing that suit as trump.to determine in this manner.
to pave or revet with small stones.
Masonry. to square, cutting the arrises true with a chisel.to cut with a chisel.
Informal. to attempt to sell or win approval for; promote; advertise: to pitch breakfast foods at a sales convention.
Informal. to approach or court in hope of a sale, approval, or interest; make an appeal to.
to cause to pitch.
Obsolete. to set in order; to arrange, as a field of battle.
Obsolete. to fix firmly as in the ground; embed.
v. 无主动词 verb
to plunge or fall forward or headlong.
to lurch.
to throw or toss.
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Baseball. to deliver or serve the ball to the batter.to fill the position of pitcher He pitched for the Mets last year.
to slope downward; dip.
to plunge with alternate fall and rise of bow and stern, as a ship.
to deviate from a stable flight attitude by oscillations of the longitudinal axis in a vertical plane about the center of gravity.
to fix a tent or temporary habitation; encamp: They pitched by a mountain stream.
Golf. to play a pitch shot.
Informal. to attempt to sell or win approval for something or someone by advertising, promotion, etc.: politicians pitching on TV.
Rare. to become established; settle down.
n. 名词 noun
relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
the degree of inclination or slope; angle: the pitch of an arch; the pitch of a stair.
the highest point or greatest height: enjoying the pitch of success.
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the degree of height or depth of a tone or of sound, depending upon the relative rapidity of the vibrations by which it is produced.
Music. the particular tonal standard with which given tones may be compared in respect to their relative level.
Acoustics. the apparent predominant frequency sounded by an acoustical source.
act or manner of pitching.
a throw or toss.
Baseball. the serving of the ball to the batter by the pitcher, usually preceded by a windup or stretch.
a pitching movement or forward plunge, as of a ship.
upward or downward inclination or slope: a road descending at a steep pitch.
a sloping part or place: to build on the pitch of a hill.
a quantity of something pitched or placed somewhere.
Cricket. the central part of the field; the area between the wickets.
Informal. an often high-pressured talk or message intended to sell or win approval for something: a sales pitch for a new product;an email pitch to gain support for a proposal.a specific plan of action; angle: to tackle a problem again, using a new pitch.
the specific location in which a person or object is placed or stationed; allotted or assigned place.
Chiefly British. the established location, often a street corner, of a beggar, street peddler, newspaper vendor, etc.
Aeronautics. the nosing of an airplane or spacecraft up or down about a transverse axis.the distance that a given propeller would advance in one revolution.
the motion due to pitching. the extent of the rotation of the longitudinal axis involved in pitching.
Also called plunge .Geology. the inclination of a linear feature, as the axis of a fold or an oreshoot, from the horizontal.
Machinery. the distance between the corresponding surfaces of two adjacent gear teeth measured either along the pitch circle or between perpendiculars to the root surfaces .the ratio of the number of teeth in a gear or splined shaft to the pitch circle diameter, expressed in inches.the distance between any two adjacent things in a series, as screw threads, rivets, etc.
the weftwise number of warp ends, usually determined in relation to 27 inches.
a unit of measurement indicating the number of characters to a horizontal inch: Pica is a 10-pitch type.
v. 动词组 verb
pitch in,Informal. to begin to work in earnest and vigorously: If I really pitch in, I may be able to finish the paper before the deadline.to contribute to a common cause; join in: When they took up a collection for the annual dinner, he promised to pitch in.
pitch into,Informal. to attack verbally or physically: He apologized for pitching into me yesterday.to begin to work on vigorously.
pitch on / upon to choose, especially casually or without forethought; decide on: We pitched on a day for our picnic.
The TV networks’ pitches, however, were buoyed by their respective streaming platforms.
To that end, the company is aiming its pitch at agencies that will then identify particular clients to advertise on the service.
The proposition and pitch describe a more comprehensive and brand-conscious “omnichannel” marketing platform that can tie online and offline performance data together.
Also, we don’t really have the resources it takes to go on a six-month pitch process being run by a pitch consultant from a spreadsheet.
If a pitch is focused on obscure technology, instead of what that technology accomplishes, it’s a red flag.
If the pitch remains the same but the seat becomes slimmer, the result should be more body room, right?
In the same cabin, the business class has flat beds with a 70-inch pitch.
What results is a kind of mashup concert, a virtuoso mixed-media DJ set tuned to a keen emotional pitch.
Media reports confirm that Gardner made a significant pitch to Hispanic voters in both English and Spanish.
Ebola will fade enough for the Democrats to make this pitch by next week.
Practise gliding in the form of inflection, or slide, from one extreme of pitch to another.
What the ear hears is the fundamental pitch only; the overtones harmonize with the primary or fundamental tone, and enrich it.
It will be remembered that pitch depends upon the rapidity of the sound waves or vibrations.
The medium pitch expresses warmth, emotion, and the heart qualities.
The high pitch represents mentality, the esthetic phases of beauty, and much brilliancy.