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an area of ground specially prepared and marked for playing a sports game （体育比赛的）场地；球场 
a football pitch 足球场 a cricket/rugby/hockey pitch 板球/橄榄球/曲棍球场 an artificial pitch 人造沥青 After the game fans invaded the pitch. 比赛结束后，球迷们涌入球场。 The rugby tour was a disaster both on and off the pitch (= they lost their matches and the players behaved badly while on tour, getting bad news reports). 这次橄榄球巡回赛在场上、场下都彻底失败。
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsb2He was the best player on the pitch today. 他是今天场上表现最好的选手。 Negotiations about his transfer are continuing off the pitch. 关于他转会的谈判仍在球场外继续进行。 The pitch was invaded by angry fans. 愤怒的球迷涌入球场。 The players have just come off the pitch. 选手们刚从球场下来。 The game ended in chaos with fans invading the pitch. 球迷冲进赛场，球赛在一片混乱中结束。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-weather
- grass
- synthetic
- …
- invade
- run onto
- invasion
- off the pitch
- on a/the pitch
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how high or low a sound is, especially a musical note （尤指乐音的）音高 Extra ExamplesTopics Languagec1, Musicc1The pitch of the drum can be raised by tightening the skin. 可以通过绷紧鼓皮来提高鼓的音高。 Her voice fell in pitch as she grew older. 她的音高随年龄的增长而下降。 The instrument is not tuned to the correct pitch. 乐器的音高没有调准。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- correct
- …
- fall in
- rise in
- change
- …
- have perfect pitch
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the degree or strength of a feeling or activity; the highest point of something （感情、活动等的）程度，力度；（事物的）最高点 a frenetic pitch of activity 活动的狂热极点 Speculation has reached such a pitch that a decision will have to be made immediately. 种种猜测甚嚣尘上，以致必须立即作出决定。 to reach a high pitch of excitement 达到极其兴奋的程度
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fever
- high
- reach
- rise to
- pitch of
see also fever pitch - [countable, usually singular]
talk or arguments used by a person trying to sell things or persuade people to do something 推销的话；说教；宣传论点 an aggressive sales pitch 强有力的推销行话 the candidate’s campaign pitch 候选人的竞选宣传 Each company was given ten minutes to make its pitch. 每个公司有十分钟时间做推销宣传。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2Farley was about to make a pitch to a big client. 法利即将对一个大客户进行推销。 His pitch to the business community was based on common sense. 他对商界的推销是以常识为基础的。 Marcelo will be making his pitch to a small number of potential clients. 马塞洛将向少数的潜在客户进行推销。 The executives listened open-mouthed as she seamlessly delivered a pitch for their business. 她滔滔不绝地推销业务，让高管们听得目瞪口呆。 a strong pitch delivered by advertising executives 广告主管发表的强有力的推销言辞
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sales
- good
- strong
- …
- deliver
- do
- give
- …
- meeting
- pitch for
- pitch to
- [countable]
an act of throwing the ball; the way in which it is thrown 投球；投球方法 Synonyms throwthrow- toss
- hurl
- fling
- chuck
- lob
- bowl
- pitch
- throw to send something from your hand or hands through the air:
Some kids were throwing stones at the window. 有些孩子在朝窗户扔石头。 She threw the ball and he caught it. 她把球抛出来，他接住了。
- toss to throw something lightly or carelessly:
She tossed her jacket onto the bed. 她把她的短上衣丢到床上。
- hurl to throw something violently in a particular direction:
Rioters hurled a brick through the car’s windscreen. 暴徒把一块砖猛地扔向汽车，砸破了挡风玻璃。
- fling to throw somebody/something somewhere with a lot of force, especially because you are angry or in a hurry:
She flung the letter down onto the table. 她把信摔在桌子上。
- chuck (especially British English, informal) to throw something carelessly:
I chucked him the keys. 我把钥匙扔给了他。
- lob (informal
) to throw something so that it goes high through the air: 指往空中高扔、高抛、高掷： They were lobbing stones over the wall. 他们在朝墙那边扔石头。
- bowl
(in cricket) to throw the ball to the batsman （板球）指把球投给击球员 - pitch
(in baseball) to throw the ball to the batter （棒球）指把球投给击球员
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch something at/to somebody/something
- to throw/toss/fling/chuck something aside/away
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch a ball
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck stones/rocks/a brick
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling something angrily
- to throw/toss something casually/carelessly
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wild
- deliver
- hit
- make
- …
- [uncountable]
a black sticky substance made from oil or coal, used on roofs or the wooden boards of a ship to stop water from coming through 沥青；柏油 - [countable] (British English)
a place in a street or market where somebody sells things, or where somebody performs in order to entertain people outdoors 街头售货摊点；街头艺人表演地点 - (British English) (North American English campsite)
a place in a campsite where you can put up one tent or park one caravan, etc. 球场： 在露营地中可以搭起一个帐篷或停放一个大篷车等的地方。Pitches to rent from only £15 per night. 租金从每晚15英镑起。
- [uncountable] (specialist)
the movement of a ship up and down in the water or of an aircraft in the air （船在水上的）上下颠簸，纵摇；（飞机在空中的）俯仰 - [singular, uncountable] (specialist)
the degree to which a roof slopes 倾斜度 The pitch of the roof is 45 degrees. 屋顶的倾斜度是45度。
for sport体育运动
of sound声音
degree/strength程度；强度
to sell something销售
in baseball棒球
black substance黑色物质
in street/market街道；市场
camping
of ship/aircraft船；飞机
of roof屋顶
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 and noun senses 7 to 9 Middle English (as a verb in the senses ‘thrust (something pointed) into the ground’ and ‘fall headlong’): perhaps related to Old English picung ‘stigmata’, of unknown ultimate origin. The sense development is obscure. noun sense 6 Old English pic (noun), pician (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pek and German Pech; based on Latin pix, pic-.
Idioms
make a pitch for somebody/something | make a pitch to somebody
to make a determined effort to get something or to persuade somebody of something 决心获得；决心劝服 He made a pitch to black voters in Alabama. 他向阿拉巴马州的黑人选民游说。
queer somebody’s pitch | queer the pitch (for somebody)
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to cause somebody’s plans to fail or to destroy their chances of getting something 破坏…的计划（或机会）