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pitcher 音标拼音: [p'ɪtʃɚ]
n. 大水罐,投手 大水罐,投手 pitcher n 1: ( baseball) the person who does the pitching; " our pitcher has a sore arm" [ synonym: { pitcher}, { hurler}, { twirler}] 2: an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring [ synonym: { pitcher}, { ewer}] 3: the quantity contained in a pitcher [ synonym: { pitcher}, { pitcherful}] 4: ( botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer 5: the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; " he has played every position except pitcher"; " they have a southpaw on the mound" [ synonym: { pitcher}, { mound}] Pitcher \ Pitch" er\, n. 1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically ( Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A sort of crowbar for digging. [ Obs.] -- Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster]
Pitcher \ Pitch" er\, n. [ OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehh[= a] ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf. { Beaker}.] 1. A wide- mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. [ 1913 Webster] { American pitcher plants}, the species of Sarracenia. See { Sarracenia}. { Australian pitcher plant}, the { Cephalotus follicularis}, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple- winged and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell. { California pitcher plant}, the { Darlingtonia California}. See { Darlingtonia}. { Pitcher plant}, any plant with the whole or a part of the leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the species of { Nepenthes}. See { Nepenthes}. [ 1913 Webster]
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