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

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's a pitcher for the Cincinnati tigers.
他是辛辛那提老虎队的投手。
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。
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。
You call yourself a pitcher? Have you ever won?
你说你是投手？你赢过吗？
He's a good pitcher BUT he was pitching at home in a friendly environment.
他是个不错的投手、但是他是在自己家这样舒适的环境下投。
I'll bet they already have a new pitcher.
我打赌他们已经找到一个新的投手了。
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。
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。
But even in victory, another pitcher was lost.
虽然赢了球，却失去了另一位投手。