A high-pitched sound sits high in the ear — thin, sharp, sometimes a little piercing. A child's voice, a flute, a boiling kettle, a smoke alarm: those are high-pitched.

A high-pitched sound sits high in the earHigh-pitched的聲音聽起來很高——thin, sharp, sometimes a little piercing細細的、尖尖的，有時候有點刺耳。A child's voice, a flute, a boiling kettle, a smoke alarm小孩的聲音、長笛、燒開的水壺、煙霧警報器：those are high-pitched這些都是high-pitched。

Pitch is how high or low a note is, not how strong it is, though actually people mix the two up all the time. A whisper can be high-pitched; a foghorn is low-pitched and still huge.

Pitch is how high or low a note isPitch（音高）指的是一個音有多高或多低，not how strong it is不是指它有多大聲，though actually people mix the two up all the time不過大家常常把這兩個搞混。A whisper can be high-pitched一個耳語可以是high-pitched的；a foghorn is low-pitched and still huge而霧角聲是low-pitched（低音）但還是很大聲。

We use it most about voices and noises, and it usually sits in front of a noun: a high-pitched scream, a high-pitched tone. Someone nervous or excited may speak in a high-pitched voice; some people just talk that way.

We use it most about voices and noises我們最常用它形容聲音和噪音，and it usually sits in front of a noun而且通常放在名詞前面：a high-pitched scream, a high-pitched tone像a high-pitched scream、a high-pitched tone。Someone nervous or excited may speak in a high-pitched voice緊張或興奮的人可能會用high-pitched的聲音說話；some people just talk that way有些人本來講話就是這樣。

Informal speech sometimes stretches it to a shrill, tense argument. It does not mean expensive or important, even though high does those jobs in other compounds.

Informal speech sometimes stretches it口語有時候會延伸這個用法 to a shrill, tense argument用在形容尖銳、緊張的爭吵。It does not mean expensive or important它不代表昂貴或重要，even though high does those jobs in other compounds儘管high在其他複合字裡確實可以有那些意思。