English Dictionary

pitch

/pɪt͡ʃ/

noun

A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand. / (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.

He threw a pitch that was impossible to hit.

意味（1）

A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.

a good pitch in quoits

意味（2）

(baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.

The pitch was low and inside.

意味（3）

(sports, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)

The teams met on the pitch.

意味（4）

(rare) The field of battle.

The two men of Alltraighe maintain, Two chiefs of the plain of Kerry, A clan the most active in pitch of battle, Their chiefs are O’Neide and Clan Conary.

意味（5）

An effort to sell or promote something.

He gave me a sales pitch.

意味（6）

The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.

The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.

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The angle at which an object sits.

the pitch of the roof or haystack

意味（8）

(nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave.

the pitch of an aircraft

意味（9）

(aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.

The propeller blades' pitch went to 90° as the engine was feathered.

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An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.

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(by extension) The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.

Another reason is that the prostitute who makes her pitch at Marble Arch stands a chance of being picked up by an out-of-town business man stopping at one of the hotels in the vicinity, and of being treated to a steak dinner […]

意味（12）

An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.

意味（13）

A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.

He lived at a time when learning was at its highest pitch.

意味（14）

A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.

Driven headlong from the pitch of heaven, down / Into this deep.

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The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.

From the pitch of Cape-Fraward, to the pitch of Cape-Holland, the Streight lies in the Channel West and by North, nearest, and is distant full five Leagues;

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(obsolete, uncountable) Collectively, the outermost points of some part of the body, especially the shoulders or hips.

Such breadth of ſhoulders as might mainely beare

Olde Atlas burthen, twixt his manly pitch,

Such breadth of ſhoulders as might mainely beare Olde Atlas burthen, twixt his manly pitch, A pearle more worth, then all the world is plaſte:

意味（17）

The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.

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(now Britain, regional) A person's or animal's height.

Alba the emperor was crook-backed, Epictetus lame; that great Alexander a little man of stature, Augustus Cæsar of the same pitch […].

意味（19）

Prominence; importance.

Enterprises of great pitch and moment.

意味（20）

(climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.

You lead through instead — your companion leads a pitch, then you join him. But instead of swapping over at the ice axe belay, you carry on in the lead, cutting or kicking steps until you are about twenty feet above.

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(caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.

The entrance pitch requires 30 metres of rope.

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(cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.

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A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.

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The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.

a steep pitch in the road

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(mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.