Pitch
[pɪtʃ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the action or manner of throwing something; 'his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor'.
(noun.) (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter.
(noun.) an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump.
(noun.) a high approach shot in golf.
(noun.) the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration.
(noun.) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; 'the roof had a steep pitch'.
(noun.) a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk); 'he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors'.
(noun.) any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
(verb.) set to a certain pitch; 'He pitched his voice very low'.
(verb.) lead (a card) and establish the trump suit.
(verb.) hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin.
(verb.) erect and fasten; 'pitch a tent'.
(verb.) fall or plunge forward; 'She pitched over the railing of the balcony'.
整理:雪麗--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them.
(n.) See Pitchstone.
(n.) To cover over or smear with pitch.
(n.) Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
(v. t.) To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball.
(v. t.) To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp.
(v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway.
(v. t.) To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune.
(v. t.) To set or fix, as a price or value.
(v. i.) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
(v. i.) To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
(v. i.) To fix one's choise; -- with on or upon.
(v. i.) To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east.
(n.) A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits.
(n.) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
(n.) A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound.
(n.) Height; stature.
(n.) A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
(n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof.
(n.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low.
(n.) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
(n.) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch.
(n.) The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller.
(n.) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates.
贝拉編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Degree of elevation.[2]. Degree, measure, extent, range, rate.[3]. (Mus.) Elevation of the key-note.
v. a. [1]. Throw, cast, fling, hurl, toss, launch, send, dart, lance, jaculate.[2]. Set (as a tent), fix, plant, place, station, locate, settle, establish.
v. n. Fall, plunge, throw one's self.
校對:威尔默
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Throw, fling, cast, hurl,[See FUNG]
卡米尔錄入
解釋/意思:
v.t. to thrust or fix in the ground: to fix or set in array: to fix the rate or price: to fling or throw: (mus.) to set the keynote of.—v.i. to settle as something pitched: to come to rest from flight: to fall headlong: to fix the choice: to encamp: to rise and fall as a ship.—n. a throw or cast from the hand: any point or degree of elevation or depression: degree: degree of slope: a descent: the height of a note in speaking or in music: (mech.) distance between the centres of two teeth in a wheel or a saw or between the threads of a screw measured parallel to the axis.—ns. Pitched′-batt′le a battle in which the contending parties have fixed positions: a battle previously arranged for on both sides; Pitch′er; Pitch′-far′thing chuck-farthing; Pitch′fork a fork for pitching hay &c.: a tuning-fork.—v.t. to lift with a pitchfork: to throw suddenly into any position.—ns. Pitch′ing the act of throwing: a facing of stone along a bank to protect against the action of water; Pitch′pipe a small pipe to pitch the voice or tune with.—Pitch and pay (Shak.) pay down at once pay ready-money; Pitch and toss a game in which coins are thrown at a mark the person who throws nearest having the right of tossing all the coins and keeping those which come down head uppermost; Pitch in to begin briskly; Pitch into to assault.
n. the solid black shining substance obtained by boiling down common tar.—v.t. to smear with pitch.—adjs. Pitch′-black Pitch′-dark dark as pitch: very dark.—ns. Pitch′-blende a black oxide of uranium; Pitch′-coal a kind of bituminous coal: jet; Pitch′iness state or quality of being pitchy; Pitch′-pine a kind of pine which yields pitch and is much used in America as fuel; Pitch′-plas′ter a plaster of Burgundy or white pitch; Pitch′-stone an old volcanic-like hardened pitch; Pitch′-tree the kauri pine the Amboyna pine or the Norway spruce.—adj. Pitch′y having the qualities of pitch: smeared with pitch: black like pitch: dark: dismal.
編輯:洛娜
例句/造句/用法:
- Obviously, as the cylinder was turned, the needle followed a spiral path whose pitch depended upon that of the feed screw. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Shall I step upstairs, and pitch into the landlord? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Holmes shot the slide across the front of his lantern and left us in pitch darkness--such an absolute darkness as I have never before experienced. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- They were then carried through the receiving armature and reproduced on the receiving diaphragm, with all the same characteristics of pitch, loudness and quality. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Getting another boy with difficulty to volunteer, he launched out on his errand in the pitch-black night. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- She knew stories about every one, which she retailed to their friends at the pitch of her voice; and she was always hunting for a husband for Eunice. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Never pitch yerself in such a low key as that, Christian; you should try more, said Fairway. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Beams crossed the opening down into the main floor where the hay-carts drove in when the hay was hauled in to be pitched up. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Samuel Edison, versatile, buoyant of temper, and ever optimistic, would thus appear to have pitched his tent with shrewd judgment. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Then as the horse pitched down he had dropped down behind his warm, wet back to get the gun to going as they came up the hill. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Came back to our Department, and Pitched into me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Went up to our place and Pitched into my father to that extent that it was necessary to order him out. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- From the entrance into the lists, a gently sloping passage, ten yards in breadth, led up to the platform on which the tents were pitched. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- On the other side of the lawn, facing the targets, was pitched a real tent, with benches and garden-seats about it. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- For different pitches, pipes of different lengths are used: for very low pitches long, closed pipes are used; for very high pitches short, open pipes are used. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- How the Various Pitches are Produced. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Varying pitches are obtained partly by the varying wind pressure of the musician; if he breathes fast, the pitch rises; if he breathes slowly, the pitch falls. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- This agrees with the law of vibrating strings which gives high pitches for short lengths. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- If she pitches to wind'ard, and brings the mast against the bilge, it's all Davy Jones for sure! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- But come, fill a flagon, for it will crave some time to tune the harp; and nought pitches the voice and sharpens the ear like a cup of wine. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Pitching somebody into a mud-cart,' said Miss Wren. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Directing the pitching of the chair in an affable and easy manner, Mr. Bucket dismisses the Mercuries and locks the door again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- A dozen dead and dying men rolled hither and thither upon the pitching deck, the living intermingled with the dead. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Here, Bruno, he called, whistling to the lumbering Newfoundland, who came pitching tumultuously toward them. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- For the safety and comfort of passengers, the great length reduces the pitching, bilge keels prevent rolling, and the Schlick system of cranks neutralizes vibration in the engine. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- I see you want pitching into that stream, replied Maurice, rising. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Don't seem to be of the pitching-in order. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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