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

• 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。
• This pitcher from Taiwan is now a baseball sensation.
  这位来自台湾的投手现在是引起轰动的棒球风雨人物。
• The pitcher delivered a curve ball. a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin.
  投手投掷了一个曲线球。
• 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。
• He's a pitcher for the Cincinnati tigers.
  他是辛辛那提老虎队的投手。
• Well, obviously no pitcher could aim the ball inside Larry's ten-inch strike zone!
  显然，没有一个投手能把球瞄准在拉里的10英寸好球部位里面！
• But even in victory, another pitcher was lost.
  虽然赢了球，却失去了另一位投手。
• With only one good pitcher this season, I'm afraid we have all our eggs in one basket.
  在这个季节里，我们队里只有一名好投手，胜败如何，全在他一人手里了。
• Replacing a pitcher in baseball.
  棒球运动中更换投手的行为。
• 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。