Compound Forms/Forme composte
pitch | pitch in |
| bring [sth/sb] to fever pitch v expr | informal (make frenzied) | mettere in agitazione vtr |
| | The crowd were brought to fever pitch when the band walked onto the stage. |
| concert pitch n | (music instrument tuning) | accordatore universale nm |
| | | diapason da concerto nm |
| concert pitch n | figurative (readiness) | prontezza nf |
| | | riflessi pronti nmpl |
| elevator pitch n | US, informal (short sales talk) (nel tempo di una corsa in ascensore) | breve discorso per presentare un'offerta nm |
| fever pitch n | (much excitement) | frenesia nf |
| | (figurato: frenesia) | febbre nf |
football pitch (UK),
soccer pitch (US) n | (ground where soccer is played) | campo da calcio nm |
| | The football pitch was waterlogged so the match had to be postponed. The ship is as long as four football pitches. |
| | Il campo da calcio era allagato e, quindi, hanno dovuto rimandare l'incontro. Quella nave è lunga come quattro campi da calcio. |
| high pitch n | (music: high-scale frequency) | alta frequenza, frequenza elevata nf |
| | A dog whistle sounds at such a high pitch, that humans can't hear it -- but dogs can. |
| | Un fischietto per cani risuona ad una frequenza elevata, cosicché lo sentono i cani ma non gli umani. |
| high pitch n | figurative (great intensity) (figurato) | grande intensità nf |
| | The excitement reached a high pitch when the home team scored a goal. |
| low pitch n | (music: deep or bass frequency) (musica) | nota grave, nota bassa nf |
| | (suoni) | bassa frequenza nf |
| | Tony sang the song in a low pitch. |
| perfect pitch n | (ability to identify a musical note) | orecchio assoluto nm |
| | My brother had perfect pitch as a child but as an adult, it went down or up by a third. |
| | Mio fratello, quando era piccolo, aveva un orecchio assoluto, ma da adulto andava più giù o più su di un terzo. |
| pitch and putt n | (golf on miniature course) | minigolf nm |
| | Dan and I played a game of pitch and putt. |
| | Io e Dan abbiamo fatto una partita di minigolf. |
| pitch-and-putt adj | (relating to golf on miniature course) | da minigolf, del minigolf loc agg |
the pitch black,
the pitch dark n | (total darkness) | buio pesto nm |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective that precedes the noun |
| | He walks this road every night, in the pitch dark! |
| | Lui percorre questa via ogni notte nel buio più pesto! |
pitch black,
pitch-black,
pitch dark,
pitch-dark adj | (totally dark) | buio pesto agg |
| | | completamente buio agg |
| | There was no moon and the night was pitch black. |
| | Non c'era la luna e la notte era completamente buia. |
pitch circle,
pitch line n | (machinery) | circonferenza primitiva nf |
| pitch forward vi + adv | (lurch or tip towards the front) | sporgersi in avanti |
| | The passengers all pitched forward when the bus braked very suddenly. |
| pitch line n | (mechanical engineering) | cerchio primitivo nm |
| pitch pipe n | often plural (instrument) | diapason a fiato nm |
| | You can use pitch pipes to tune a guitar. |
| pitchfork n | (fork for lifting hay) | forcone nm |
| | The farmer used a pitchfork to lift the haystacks. |
| | Il contadino usò un forcone per sollevare le balle di fieno. |
| queer the pitch v expr | UK, informal, figurative (spoil chances) (espressione) | rompere le uova nel paniere⇒ vtr |
| | (espressione) | mettere i bastoni tra le ruote vtr |
| | Jeremy was hoping for a promotion, but when one of his colleagues told lies about him to the boss, it really queered the pitch for him. |
| | Jeremy sperava in una promozione, ma a rompere le uova nel paniere intervenne un collega che raccontò delle bugie su di lui al capo. |
| rugby pitch n | (playing field marked out for rugby) | campo da rugby nm |
| | A standard rugby pitch is larger than a standard football pitch. |
| | Il campo da rugby regolamentare è più grande del campo da calcio regolamentare. |
| sales pitch n | (promotional talk) (nella vendita) | discorso nm |
| | (informale) | vendere [qlcs] vtr |
| | He gave such a convincing sales pitch that I bought the car without hesitating. |
| | Fece un discorso così convincente che comprai la macchina senza esitazione. |
| | Me la vendette così bene che comprai la macchina senza esitazione. |
throw a fit,
also US: pitch a fit v expr | figurative, slang (get angry) (figurato, informale) | uscire dai gangheri, perdere le staffe v |
throw a fit,
also US: pitch a fit v expr | figurative, slang (child: have a tantrum) | fare i capricci vtr |
| | The child throws a fit when he doesn't like his food. |
| | Il bambino fa i capricci quando non gradisce il cibo. |
| wild pitch n | (baseball) (baseball) | lancio pazzo nm |