be a pitcher
用来说明某人的场上角色或职业,后面可接 for 加队伍。
She is a pitcher for the national team.
她是国家队的一名投手。
投手
投掷者;提出者(任何意义上的)。;带嘴和柄的宽口深容器;水罐。;(棒球)投球手;(棒球)投手。;某些植物叶的管状或杯状附属器官。
the player in baseball who throws the ball to the batter
投掷者;提出者(任何意义上的)。
One who pitches (in any sense) anything
带嘴和柄的宽口深容器;水罐。
A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
(棒球)投球手
(baseball) the person who does the pitching
(棒球)投手。
The player who delivers the ball to the batter.
某些植物叶的管状或杯状附属器官。
A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.
带把手和嘴的敞口容器
an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
提出建议或推销的人。
One who makes a pitch or proposal.
壶中所含的量
the quantity contained in a pitcher
The pitcher threw a fastball that the batter missed completely.
投手投出一个快速球,击球手完全没打到。
用法提示:pitcher 在此句中指棒球比赛中的投手。
AI contextual example
Our team's pitcher practiced his curveball for hours before the big game.
我们队的投手在大赛前练习了几个小时的曲线球。
用法提示:pitcher 指负责投球的球员。
AI contextual example
The coach told the pitcher to take a deep breath before the next pitch.
教练告诉投手在下次投球前深呼吸。
用法提示:pitcher 是名词,指棒球投手。
AI contextual example
用来说明某人的场上角色或职业,后面可接 for 加队伍。
She is a pitcher for the national team.
她是国家队的一名投手。
as a pitcher 表示“以投手身份”,常用于描述加入、工作或出场的方式。
He joined the club as a pitcher, not as a hitter.
他以投手身份加入俱乐部,而不是作为击球手。
在棒球报道中,常用 starting、relief 等词修饰 pitcher,表示不同职责的投手。
The team needs a reliable relief pitcher.
这支球队需要一名可靠的救援投手。
用所有格结构来谈论投手的身体部位、技术数据或场上表现。
The pitcher's control was impressive during the final inning.
这位投手在最后一局中的控球令人印象深刻。
与 pitcher 同义,但多见于新闻或非正式语境;日常对话中使用更少。
语义宽泛,不只限于棒球;在明确棒球语境下可暂时替代 pitcher,但通常缺少棒球术语的专业性。
grammar · medium
易错句子I took a pitcher of the sunset.
正确表达I took a picture of the sunset.
pitcher 和 picture 拼写与读音相近,但意思不同:pitcher 是“投手”或“水罐”,picture 才是“照片/图画”。表示“拍照片”要用 take a picture,不能用 pitcher。
grammar · medium
易错句子He threw a great pitcher.
正确表达He threw a great pitch.
pitcher 指“投手”(人),pitch 才指“投出的一球/投球动作”。表示“投得很棒的一球”要用 pitch,不能用指人的 pitcher。
义项为棒球中的“投手”(投球的一方),其直接对立角色是击球员(batter),二者在比赛中相对抗;不可用“捕手”(catcher)等队友角色作为反义词。
pitcher 是投球的人(投手),catcher 是接球的人(捕手),两者是棒球场上相对的位置,不要混淆。
pitch 是动词或名词,表示“投”这个动作或投出的球;pitcher 是执行该动作的人(投手),注意词性不同。
picture 与 pitcher 发音和拼写相近,但意思是“图片/照片”,与棒球投手无关;注意 /ktʃ/ 与 /tʃ/ 的差别。
先发投手
The starting pitcher threw seven scoreless innings.
先发投手投了七局无失分。
救援投手
A relief pitcher came in with two runners on base.
两名跑者上垒时,救援投手登场。
王牌投手
Their ace pitcher struck out twelve batters.
他们的王牌投手三振了十二名打者。
左投手
The team signed a left-handed pitcher for the bullpen.
球队签下一名左投手加入牛棚。
投手丘
He walked slowly to the pitcher's mound before the inning began.
局开始前,他慢慢走向投手丘。
投手战
The game was a pitcher's duel until the ninth inning.
比赛直到第九局都是投手战。
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pitch(投掷)+ -er(表示“做…的人”的后缀)
词根,表示“投掷”;与 pitcher 同根
catch(接)+ -er(表示人);与 pitcher 同后缀
小孩子耳朵尖(意:小孩会听到不该听的话)
Don't discuss that in front of the children—little pitchers have big ears.
别在孩子们面前讨论那件事——小孩子耳朵尖。
投手大战(指双方投手表现极佳、得分低的比赛)
The final game was a pitcher's duel, ending 1–0.
决赛成了一场投手大战,最终比分是1比0。
贪得无厌终致失败(比喻屡次冒险终会失手)
He had cheated many times, but the pitcher went to the well once too often and got caught.
他多次作弊,但贪得无厌终致失败,最终被抓住了。
你是投手,不是只扔球的人。
In the 1988 baseball film Bull Durham, veteran catcher Crash Davis tells young pitcher Nuke LaLoosh to develop pitching skills rather than simply relying on his fastball.
在1988年的棒球电影《百万金臂》中,老将捕手克拉什·戴维斯告诉年轻投手努克·拉卢什:要磨练投球技巧,而不是一味依赖快速球。
小孩的耳朵很尖。
An old English proverb, still used as a warning that children overhear things adults may not want them to hear.
一句古老的英语谚语,现在仍在用来提醒:孩子会偷听到大人不想让他们听到的话。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.