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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
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
投手
the player in baseball who throws the ball to the batter
She is a pitcher for the national team.
她是国家队的一名投手。
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.
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。
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。
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。
AI contextual example
our pitcher has a sore arm
我们的投手手臂酸痛。
WordNet
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。
Not this
I took a pitcher of the sunset.
Use this
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。
Not this
He threw a great pitcher.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
Use pitcher naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住：投手(pitcher)的动作是投球(pitch)，加上-er就是“投球的人”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：棒球比赛、体育新闻 该词指棒球中的投手，属于体育领域的常用词，通常用于棒球比赛或体育报道等语境。
与 pitcher /ˈpɪtʃɚ/ 押韵的常用词有 switcher、stitcher、twitcher、richer，它们都以 /ɪtʃɚ/ 结尾。注意 picture /ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/ 看起来相似，但词中多了一个 /k/ 音；catcher /ˈkætʃ.ɚ/ 的元音是 /æ/，因此二者都不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.