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

• You call yourself a pitcher? Have you ever won?
  你说你是投手？你赢过吗？
• That only happens when the pitcher is tired.
  这只会在投手累了的时候才会发生。
• 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。
• 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。
• Finally, he found a pitcher.
  终于，他找到了一个大水罐。
• He poured the milk out of the pitcher.
  他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
• 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。
• He's a pitcher for the Cincinnati tigers.
  他是辛辛那提老虎队的投手。
• Then, one by one, he picked up more pebbles and dropped them into the pitcher.
  然后，一块接着一块，他捡了更多的鹅卵石扔进水罐里。
• 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。