Verb Master 動詞達人

【姿態動詞】Pitch

Pitch是一個多重意思，不容掌握的名詞：

投球
He delivers his first pitch.
(他投出第一球)

運動場(= field)
a football pitch 足球場

音準(= tone), a high/low sound pitch 高低音
She sings at a perfect pitch.
(她聲音唱得很準確)

程度(= strong level):
She reached to a pitch of excitement.
(她非常的興奮)

業務宣傳(sales pitch)
He made a perfect sales pitch.
(他做了很棒的業務推廣)

上下顛箥(船、飛機)
I can't stand the pitch, roll and yaw of the plane.
(我受不了飛機上下顛箥、翻滾和左右搖擺)

屋頂斜角度(十二階，最高45度12/12)
The root pitch is 45 degree, 12/12.
(屋頂的角度是45度，十二分之十二)

瀝青，as dark as pitch 和瀝青一樣黑(pitch dark)

Alone - Heart 1987, Celine Dion 2007
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cw1ng75KP0

I hear the ticking of the clock
時鐘滴搭滴答
I'm lying here the room's pitch dark
我躺在漆黑的房間裡

螺距、齒距、腳距(工業名詞)
a 10mm pitch capacitor 腳距十毫米電容

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Pitch也是變化多端的動詞

投擲(強調準確度和力度)：pitch a baseball 投棒球

搭棚子、安營紮寨：pitch a tent 搭帳棚

發高低音：pitch a high voice 發高音

傾斜、傾倒：pitch backward 向後倒

顛箥(船、飛機)：pitch up/down 上下顛箥

做銷售演說：pitch for business

跟人天花亂墜，設法要人相信你：pitch someone a line

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動詞片語的Pitch就單純多了，全部都是「投擲」

Pitch at/on 對某物投擲
to pitch a stone at a dog
(對狗扔石頭)
To pitch a sweet talk at her
(對她甜言蜜語)

Pitch away/out 扔掉
To pitch away an old computer
(扔掉舊電腦)

Pitch in/into 投入
To pitch into work
(認真工作)

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常用片語：pitch in
參與並幫助，盡一己之力

常用片語：pitch into someone
「開罵」或「開打」