pitch

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pitch
1. pitch [pɪtʃ] n
no pl Pech nt
2. pitch [pɪtʃ] n <pl -es>
1) (Brit, Aus) sports (playing field) [Spiel]feld nt, Platz m; (Brit) (for camping) [Zelt]platz m;
football \pitch Fußballfeld nt, Fußballplatz m
2) (Am) sports (in baseball) Wurf m
3) mus, ling (tone) Tonhöhe f; of voice Stimmlage f; of instrument Tonlage f; (volume) Lautstärke f; (fig) Ton m, Atmosphäre f;
to be at fever \pitch (worked-up) [schrecklich] aufgeregt sein; children [völlig] aufgedreht sein;
perfect \pitch absolutes Gehör;
to get the \pitch right den richtigen Ton treffen
4) (persuasion) [Verkaufs]gerede nt;
he gave me his \pitch about quality and reliability er spulte seine Sprüche über Qualität und Zuverlässigkeit ab;
sales \pitch Verkaufssprüche mpl;
to make a \pitch for sth sich akk um etw akk bemühen
5) (esp Brit) econ (sales area) Platz m
6) (slope) Schräge f, Neigung f;
low/steep \pitch flache/steile Schräge [o Neigung] vt
1) (throw)
to \pitch sb/sth jdn/etw werfen;
the bouncer picked him up and \pitched him into the street der Türsteher hob ihn hoch und warf ihn hinaus;
to \pitch sb into sth (fig) jdn zu etw dat zwingen;
to be \pitched [headlong] into despair in [tiefe] Verzweiflung gestürzt werden;
to \pitch sb into a situation jdn in eine [bestimmte] Situation bringen
2) sports (throw)
he has \pitched the last 3 innings er spielte in den letzten 3 Runden den Werfer;
to \pitch a ball einen Ball werfen;
she \pitched a curve ball sie schnitt den Ball an
3) (set music)
to \pitch sth instrument etw stimmen; song etw anstimmen;
(be in tune) note etw treffen;
the tune was \pitched [too] high/low die Melodie war [zu] hoch/tief
4) (target)
to \pitch sth at [or (Am) to] sb etw auf jdn ausrichten;
we decided to \pitch the film at young adults wir entschieden, dass die Zielgruppe des Films junge Erwachsene sein sollten
5) (advertise, promote)
to \pitch sth etw propagieren [o (sl) pushen] vi
1) ship, yacht schießen;
the ship \pitched from side to side in the rough sea die raue See warf das Schiff von rechts nach links;
the passengers \pitched forward die Passagiere wurden nach vorne geschleudert
2) (Am) sports (in baseball) werfen;
(in cricket) [auf den Boden] aufkommen
3) (slope) sich akk neigen
4) (aim for)
to \pitch for sth etw anstreben [o versuchen];
he's \pitching for Amnesty International to try and persuade the politicians er versucht, Amnesty International dazu zu bewegen, die Politiker zu überzeugen
5) (attack)
to \pitch into sb jdn angreifen
6) (start)
to \pitch into sth etw [entschlossen] angehen [o anpacken]

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