Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #2652
pitch
音高；标准音高
The quality of a sound that determines how high or low it is; also, a standard for tuning instruments.
指声音的高低；在音乐中也指调音标准。
- 1.
A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
树木分泌的粘性物质；树脂
- 2.
A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
投掷；抛
- 3.
The perceived frequency of a sound, note or electromagnetic wave.
声音、音符或电磁波的感知频率
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the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
声音的特性,随振动频率的变化而变化
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A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
蒸馏原油或天然沥青后剩下的黑色粘稠物质
- 6.
The act of pitching a baseball.
投球动作
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The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
一组乐器调音或演奏所用的标准音高,通常参考中央C上方A音的频率。
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(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
投手向击球手投掷棒球的动作
- 9.
Pitchstone.
松脂石
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A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
短而高的击球,带有倒旋
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In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
无伴奏合唱团中负责唱出参考音让其他成员调音的歌手。
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a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
小贩的位置(尤其是在 sidewalk 上)
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An effort to sell or promote something.
推销或宣传的努力
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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.
均匀间隔物体之间的距离,如锯齿、齿轮、螺纹、孔的中心或等宽字体的字母
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The angle at which an object sits.
物体的倾斜角度
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The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
绕横轴的旋转角度
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An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
市场(或类似场所)中分配给特定商贩的区域
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The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
街头艺人表演、妓女拉客或非法赌博游戏等在公众面前设立的地方
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An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
露营地上供单个帐篷、房车或类似物占用的区域
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A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
水平或程度,或(引申为)顶点或最高程度
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A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
点或峰；极点的高或低
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The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
海角或岬角的最突出点
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The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
鸟类飞行时达到的高度,尤指猛禽准备俯冲捕猎时的高度。
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Prominence; importance.
突出；重要性。
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A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
攀登的一段或岩壁的一部分；特指两个保护点或站位之间的攀登距离。
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A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
垂直的洞穴通道,仅能借助绳索或梯子通过。
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That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
投球后球落地或触地的点。
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A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
下降；跌落；向下猛推。
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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.
斜坡起始的点；因而指斜坡本身；下降的坡度；下降的程度或速率；倾斜度。
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The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
分给矿工的一块采矿地,该矿工可分得所采矿石的一部分。
投掷；投球；树脂；松脂；沥青；柏油；高抛球；劈起球；摊位；售货位
In use
The singer hit a very high pitch.
The pitch of his voice changed when he got excited.
We need to adjust the pitch of the guitar.
he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors
on the pitch
指足球、板球等比赛的场地。
The players are training on the pitch.
球员们在球场上训练。
high/low pitch
描述声音的高低。
She has a very high pitch voice.
她的嗓音音调很高。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- high pitch
- 高音
- The singer hit a very high pitch.那位歌手唱到了一个很高的音。
- low pitch
- 低音
- He spoke in a low pitch to sound calm.他用低音说话，以显得平静。
- perfect pitch
- 绝对音感
- She has perfect pitch and can identify any note.她有绝对音感，能识别任何音符。
- pitch count
- 投球数
- The pitcher's pitch count reached 100 by the fifth inning.到第五局时，投手的投球数达到了100。
- steep pitch
- 陡坡
- The roof has a steep pitch to allow snow to slide off.屋顶坡度很陡，以便积雪滑落。
- roof pitch
- 屋顶坡度
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Pitch：球场投球时，音高随球速变化。
Context & Register
通常用于描述声音的高低，在音乐、语音学、物理学等正式或非正式场合均可使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the /ɪtʃ/ ending and rhyme with 'pitch'. Beware that words like 'rich' also rhyme but are spelled differently; no false lookalikes are included.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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