pitcher

英 [ˈpɪtʃə(r)]

美 [ˈpɪtʃər]

n. (尤指旧时的)带柄的陶罐; 投球手

复数：pitchers　

Collins.1 / BNC.23459 / COCA.3478

牛津词典

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

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。

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

He's a pitcher for the Cincinnati tigers.
他是辛辛那提老虎队的投手。
The pitcher threw the ball, but I couldn't hit it.
投手投出球，但是我打不到。
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。
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！
He decides whether the pitcher has thrown a ball or strike.
他判定投手是否投了一个好球以及算不算一击。
Replacing a pitcher in baseball.
棒球运动中更换投手的行为。
A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand.
投球手投出了几个快球.用左手投球的棒球投手。
But even in victory, another pitcher was lost.
虽然赢了球，却失去了另一位投手。
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。
He poured the milk out of the pitcher.
他从大罐中倒出牛奶。