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an area of ground specially prepared and marked for playing a sports game （體育比賽的）場地；球場 
a football pitch 足球場 a cricket/rugby/hockey pitch 板球/橄欖球/曲棍球場 an artificial pitch 人造瀝青 After the game fans invaded the pitch. 比賽結束後，球迷們湧入球場。 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). 這次橄欖球巡回賽在場上、場下都徹底失敗。
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsb2He was the best player on the pitch today. 他是今天場上表現最好的選手。 Negotiations about his transfer are continuing off the pitch. 關於他轉會的談判仍在球場外繼續進行。 The pitch was invaded by angry fans. 憤怒的球迷湧入球場。 The players have just come off the pitch. 選手們剛從球場下來。 The game ended in chaos with fans invading the pitch. 球迷沖進賽場，球賽在一片混亂中結束。
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 （尤指樂音的）音高 Extra ExamplesTopics Languagec1, Musicc1The pitch of the drum can be raised by tightening the skin. 可以通過繃緊鼓皮來提高鼓的音高。 Her voice fell in pitch as she grew older. 她的音高随年齡的增長而下降。 The instrument is not tuned to the correct pitch. 樂器的音高沒有調準。
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、活動等的）程度，力度；（事物的）最高點 a frenetic pitch of activity 活動的狂熱極點 Speculation has reached such a pitch that a decision will have to be made immediately. 種種猜測甚嚣塵上，以致必須立即作出決定。 to reach a high pitch of excitement 達到極其興奮的程度
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 推銷的話；說教；宣傳論點 an aggressive sales pitch 強有力的推銷行話 the candidate’s campaign pitch 候選人的競選宣傳 Each company was given ten minutes to make its pitch. 每個公司有十分鐘時間做推銷宣傳。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2Farley was about to make a pitch to a big client. 法利即將對一個大客戶進行推銷。 His pitch to the business community was based on common sense. 他對商界的推銷是以常識爲基礎的。 Marcelo will be making his pitch to a small number of potential clients. 馬塞洛將向少數的潛在客戶進行推銷。 The executives listened open-mouthed as she seamlessly delivered a pitch for their business. 她滔滔不絕地推銷業務，讓高管們聽得目瞪口呆。 a strong pitch delivered by advertising executives 廣告主管發表的強有力的推銷言辭
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sales
- good
- strong
- …
- deliver
- do
- give
- …
- meeting
- pitch for
- pitch to
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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. 有些孩子在朝窗戶扔石頭。 She threw the ball and he caught it. 她把球抛出來，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. 暴徒把一塊磚猛地扔向汽車，砸破了擋風玻璃。
- 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. 我把鑰匙扔給了他。
- lob (informal
) to throw something so that it goes high through the air: 指往空中高扔、高抛、高擲： They were lobbing stones over the wall. 他們在朝牆那邊扔石頭。
- bowl
(in cricket) to throw the ball to the batsman （板球）指把球投給擊球員 - pitch
(in baseball) to throw the ball to the batter （棒球）指把球投給擊球員
- 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 瀝青；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 街頭售貨攤點；街頭藝人表演地點 - (British English) (North American English campsite)
a place in a campsite where you can put up one tent or park one caravan, etc. 球場： 在露營地中可以搭起一個帳篷或停放一個大篷車等的地方。Pitches to rent from only £15 per night. 租金從每晚15英鎊起。
- [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，縱搖；（飛機在空中的）俯仰 - [singular, uncountable] (specialist)
the degree to which a roof slopes 傾斜度 The pitch of the roof is 45 degrees. 屋頂的傾斜度是45度。
for sport體育運動
of sound聲音
degree/strength程度；強度
to sell something銷售
in baseball棒球
black substance黑色物質
in street/market街道；市場
camping
of ship/aircraft船；飛機
of roof屋頂
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 決心獲得；決心勸服 He made a pitch to black voters in Alabama. 他向阿拉巴馬州的黑人選民遊說。
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 破壞…的計劃（或機會）