GR translation: pitched out over the sea of ruins

[Mike Jing]

It certainly could suggest "pitching" like a ship does. However, here the
word "pitched" seems to be a past participle used as an adjective, so I
think it's more likely to simply mean "thrust", as in "sticking out",
especially with the word "out" immediately following it.



On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:

> Given that he compares the rooms to prows and crow's nests, this
> definition seems most likely:
>
> (of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) rock or oscillate around a
> lateral axis, so that the front and back move up and down.
> "the little steamer pressed on, pitching gently"
>
> So the rooms, unsupported by walls, are swaying above the ruins.
>
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2025, 12:47 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V373.7-11, P379.6-10    Smooth facets of buildings have given way to
>> cobbly
>> insides of concrete blasted apart, all the endless-pebbled rococo just
>> behind the shuttering. Inside is outside. Ceiling-less rooms open to the
>> sky, wall-less rooms pitched out over the sea of ruins in prows, in
>> crow’s-nests. . . .
>>
>> What does "pitched" mean here?
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