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pitch [pɪt∫]1. noun• football/cricket pitch terrain m de football/de cricketb. ( = degree) he had worked himself up to such a pitch of indignation that... il était parvenu à un tel degré d'indignation que...• tension has reached such a high pitch that... la tension est telle que...e. ( = argument) to make a pitch for sth plaider pour qchg. ( = tar) poix fa. ( = throw) [+ ball, object] lancer• the incident pitched him into the political arena cet incident l'a propulsé dans l'arène politiqueb. [+ musical note] donner• the speech must be pitched at the right level for the audience le ton du discours doit être adapté au publicc. ( = set up) to pitch a tent dresser une tenteb. [ship] tanguer4. compounds• it's pitch-black outside il fait noir comme dans un four dehors ► pitch blackness noun noir m complet• it's pitch-dark il fait noir comme dans un four ► pitch invasion noun (British Sport) invasion f du terrain( = try and get) chercher à obtenir* * *[pɪtʃ] 1.1) Sport terrain m2) ( sound level) gen (of note, voice) hauteur f; Music ton mabsolute pitch —
perfect pitch — oreille f absolue
3) ( degree) degré m; ( highest point) comble m4) ( sales talk) gen, Commerce boniment m5) Construction, Nautical ( tar) brai m6) ( for street trader) emplacement m2.transitive verbto be pitched forward — [person] être projeté vers l'avant
3) Music [singer] trouver [note]; [player] donner [note]to pitch one's voice higher/lower — hausser/baisser le ton de la voix
4) ( erect) planter [tent]3.1) ( be thrown) [rider, passenger] être projetéto pitch and roll ou toss — Nautical tanguer
2) US ( in baseball) lancer (la balle)•Phrasal Verbs:- pitch in
См. также в других словарях:
pitch-blackness — pitch black·ness … English syllables
pitch blackness — noun total absence of light they fumbled around in total darkness in the black of night • Syn: ↑total darkness, ↑lightlessness, ↑blackness, ↑black • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pitch-blackness — noun see pitch black … Useful english dictionary
pitch-black — adjective extremely dark a black moonless night through the pitch black woods it was pitch dark in the cellar • Syn: ↑black, ↑pitch dark • Similar to: ↑dark … Useful english dictionary
pitch-dark — adjective extremely dark a black moonless night through the pitch black woods it was pitch dark in the cellar • Syn: ↑black, ↑pitch black • Similar to: ↑dark … Useful english dictionary
blackness — noun 1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑black, ↑inkiness • Ant: ↑white (for: ↑black) … Useful english dictionary
pitch-black — (also pitch dark) adjective completely dark. Derivatives pitch blackness noun … English new terms dictionary
Blackness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Blackness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 blackness blackness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 darkness darkness &c.(want of light) ???. ???>421 Sgm: N 1 swartliness swartliness lividity dark color tone color … English dictionary for students
pitch — pitch1 noun 1》 the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone. ↘a standard degree of highness or lowness used in performance: the guitars were strung and tuned to pitch. 2》… … English new terms dictionary
pitch black — noun a very dark black • Syn: ↑coal black, ↑ebony, ↑jet black, ↑sable, ↑soot black • Derivationally related forms: ↑ebonize (for: ↑ebony) … Useful english dictionary
complete darkness — pitch blackness, state of having no light at all … English contemporary dictionary