pit
- n.矿井;深坑;麻子;深洞;交易场所;痘瘢;（赛车道旁的）修理加油站
- vt.使…表面有斑点;在…上打洞
复数： pits 过去式： pitted 现在分词： pitting 过去分词： pitted 第三人称单数： pits
pitnoun
深洞 deep hole
深洞；深坑
a large deep hole in the ground
We dug a deep pit in the yard.
我们在院子中挖了个深洞。
The body had been dumped in a pit.
尸体被扔进了深坑。
矿井
a deep hole in the ground from which minerals are dug out
a chalk/gravel pit
白垩 / 沙砾矿坑
矿 mine
pit closures
煤矿关闭
He went down the pit (= started work as a miner ) when he left school.
他中学一毕业就当矿工了。
皮肤上 in skin
麻子；痘瘢
a small shallow hole in the surface of sth, especially a mark left on the surface of the skin by some disease, such as chickenpox
水果 in fruit
a peach pit
桃核
汽车赛 in motor racing
（赛车道旁的）修理加油站
a place near the track where cars can stop for fuel, new tyres, etc. during a race
剧场 in theatre
身体部位 part of body
商业 in business
（交易所中某一商品的）交易场所
the area of a stock exchange where a particular product is traded
the corn pit
玉米交易厅
to be very bad or the worst example of sth
the bottom of the stomach where people say they feel strong feelings, especially fear
他内心深处突然有一种不祥之感。
He had a sudden sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.
a thing or situation which seems to have no limits or seems never to end
公共开支并非用之不尽。
There isn't a bottomless pit of money for public spending.
the bottomless pit of his sorrow
他无尽的悲哀
verb
打洞 make holes
使…表面有斑点；在…上打洞
to make marks or holes on the surface of sth
The surface of the moon is pitted with craters.
月亮的表面布满陨石坑。
Smallpox scars had pitted his face.
他满脸是麻子。
水果 fruit
pitted olives
去核橄榄
使竞争；使较量；使经受考验
to test sb or their strength, intelligence, etc. in a struggle or contest against sb/sth else
Lawyers and accountants felt that they were being pitted against each other.
律师和会计师都觉得他们要一争高下。
a chance to pit your wits against the world champions (= in a test of your intelligence)
一次与世界冠军斗智的机会
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N-COUNT 煤矿；矿井
A pit is a coal mine.It was a better community then when all the pits were working.
所有的煤矿都在开工的那个时候，这个社区的情况要更好一些。
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N-COUNT （地面的）坑，洼；（地下的）穴，洞
A pit is a large hole that is dug in the ground.Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit.
埃里克一脚踩空，开始往坑里滑。
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N-COUNT （挖出沙砾或黏土后留下的）坑，窑
A gravel pit or clay pit is a very large hole that is left where gravel or clay has been dug from the ground.This area of former farmland was worked as a gravel pit until 1964.
这块过去曾是农田的地1964年前一直被用作沙砾坑。
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VERB 使相斗；使对立；使竞争
If two opposing things or people are pitted against one another, they are in conflict.You will be pitted against people who are every bit as good as you are...
你将和与你势均力敌的对手展开竞争。
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N-PLURAL （赛车道旁的）检修加油站
In motor racing, the pits are the areas at the side of the track where drivers stop to get more fuel and to repair their cars during races.He moved quickly into the pits and climbed rapidly out of the car.
他迅速进入检修加油站，飞快地爬出赛车。
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N-PLURAL 极糟糕的情况
If you describe something as the pits, you mean that it is extremely bad.Mary Ann asked him how dinner had been. 'The pits,' he replied.
玛丽·安问他晚餐怎么样，他回答说：“糟透了。”
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N-COUNT （水果或蔬菜的）核
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PHRASE 与…斗智
If you pit your wits against someone, you compete with them in a test of knowledge or intelligence.I'd like to pit my wits against the best.
我希望同最优秀的对手斗智。
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PHRASE 胸口；心窝
If you have a feeling in the pit of your stomach, you have a tight or sick feeling in your stomach, usually because you are afraid or anxious.I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.
我心头有种怪怪的感觉。
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a bottomless pit→ see:bottomless
noun
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- a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
- Synonym: colliery
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- lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
- Synonym: orchestra pit
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- a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
- a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
- Synonym: quarry stone pit
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- a trap in the form of a concealed hole
- Synonym: pitfall
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- (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
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- (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
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- an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
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- (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil;where sinners suffer eternal punishment
- Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milto
- a demon from the depths of the pit
- Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnso
- Synonym: Hell perdition Inferno infernal region nether region
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- a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
- they dug a pit to bury the body
- Synonym: cavity
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- the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
- you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking
- Synonym: stone endocarp
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- a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
- Synonym: fossa
verb
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- remove the pits from
- pit plums and cherries
- Synonym: stone
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- set into opposition or rivalry
- let them match their best athletes against ours
- pit a chess player against the Russian champion
- He plays his two children off against each other
- Synonym: oppose match play off
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- mark with a scar
- The skin disease scarred his face permanently
- Synonym: scar mark pock
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The pit is ventilated by a steel fan .
矿井中用钢制通风机来保持空气流通。
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The pit was one of the 31 earmarked for closure by the Trade and Industry Secretary .
这是工贸大臣明确指出要关闭的31个矿井之一。
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He went down the pit when he left school .
他中学一毕业就当矿工了。
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There isn 't a bottomless pit of money for public spending .
公共开支并非用之不尽。
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The body had been dumped in a pit .
尸体被扔进了深坑。
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He had a sudden sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach .
他内心深处突然有一种不祥之感。
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We dug a deep pit in the yard .
我们在院子中挖了个深洞。
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Lawyers and accountants felt that they were being pitted against each other .
律师和会计师都觉得他们要一争高下。
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Smallpox scars had pitted his face .
他满脸是麻子。
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He had to make four pit stops during the race .
他不得不在比赛过程中4次停车进站。
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It was a better community then when all the pits were working .
所有的煤矿都在开工的那个时候，这个社区的情况要更好一些。
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The debate will pit the industrial North against developing countries in the South .
这次辩论会将形成北方工业国家与南方发展中国家针锋相对的局面。
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The problem is we don 't have a bottomless pit of resources
问题是我们没有取之不尽的资源。
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You will be pitted against people who are every bit as good as you are
你将和与你势均力敌的对手展开竞争。
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This was one man pitted against the universe .
这是一个人挑战整个宇宙。
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He 's a bottomless pit as far as food is concerned .
他吃起东西来肚子像个无底洞。
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This area of former farmland was worked as a gravel pit until 1964 .
这块过去曾是农田的地1964年前一直被用作沙砾坑。
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I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach .
我心头有种怪怪的感觉。
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A gold mine is not a bottomless pit , the gold runs out
金矿并非无底的宝藏，金子终究会被采光。
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He moved quickly into the pits and climbed rapidly out of the car .
他迅速进入检修加油站，飞快地爬出赛车。
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Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit .
埃里克一脚踩空，开始往坑里滑。
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Everywhere building facades are pitted with shell and bullet holes .
任一处的建筑物正面都布满了弹洞。
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The tan-coloured dog looks suspiciously like an American pit bull terrier
这只棕黄色的狗看上去非常像美国比特犬。
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He was convicted of failing to muzzle a pit bull .
他因没能给比特犬戴嘴套而被判有罪。
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The pit is being shut down because it no longer has enough coal that can be mined economically .
这座煤矿即将关闭，因为从经济上考虑，矿井里已经没有足够的煤可供开采。
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Mary Ann asked him how dinner had been . ' The pits , ' he replied .
玛丽·安问他晚餐怎么样，他回答说：“糟透了。”
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The gravel pits have been landscaped and planted to make them attractive to wildfowl
砾石采掘坑已进行了景观美化并种上了草木，希望能吸引野禽的到来。
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The boys dug pits and baited them so that they could spear their prey .
男孩们挖了坑，埋了饵，这样他们就可以刺杀猎物了。
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Other areas are to lose aid so that money can be reallocated to towns devastated by pit closures .
将不再资助其他地区，以便资金可以重新分配给饱受矿井关闭影响的城镇。
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He has to pit his wits against an adversary who is cool , clever and cunning .
他不得不与一个冷静、聪明而又狡猾的对手斗智。
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