pitcher

英 [ˈpɪtʃə(r)]

美 [ˈpɪtʃər]

n.  (尤指旧时的)带柄的陶罐; 投球手

复数：pitchers　

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牛津词典

noun

noun

• （尤指旧时的）带柄的陶罐
  a large clay container with a small opening and one or two handles, used, especially in the past, for holding liquids
• 投球手
  the player who throws the ball to the batter

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （有柄有嘴的）罐，壶
  Apitcheris a jug.
  1. ...a pitcher of iced water.
     一罐冰水
• （通常指筒状细颈双耳的）陶罐，陶壶
  Apitcheris a large container made of clay. Pitchers are usually round in shape and have a narrow neck and two handles shaped like ears.
• N-COUNT （棒球运动中的）投手
  In baseball, thepitcheris the person who throws the ball to the batter, who tries to hit it.
  1. Over the next five years, he became one of the greatest pitchers in baseball.
     在接下来的5年时间里，他成为了最了不起的棒球投手之一。

英英释义

noun

• the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
  1. he has played every position except pitcher
  2. they have a southpaw on the mound
  Synonym:mound
• an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
  Synonym:ewer
• (baseball) the person who does the pitching
  1. our pitcher has a sore arm
  Synonym:hurlertwirler
• (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
• the quantity contained in a pitcher
  Synonym:pitcherful

双语例句

• Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.
  因为它不公平使也蝙蝠的投手，自由党发明了指定打击规则。
• I want her to be the first female pitcher in Major League Baseball.
  我希望她成为顶级棒球联赛的第一个女投手。
• You call yourself a pitcher? Have you ever won?
  你说你是投手？你赢过吗？
• Most of the time, the spectator's attention is focused on the pitcher and the batter.
  多数时候，观众的注意力锁定于击球手和投手。
• As a pitcher, john is better than James by a long chalk.
  作为一名棒球投手，约翰比詹姆斯高明得多。
• That only happens when the pitcher is tired.
  这只会在投手累了的时候才会发生。
• The batsman made a good hit. this pitcher throws more strikes than balls.
  击球员打了一个好球。这个投球手投了好几个好球。
• He's a pitcher for the Cincinnati tigers.
  他是辛辛那提老虎队的投手。
• He may also have been the best pitcher in baseball ever.
  他可能是棒球史上最伟大的投手。
• The baseball pitcher had a brief affair with her.
  那个棒球投手和她有段短暂恋情。