pits

美 [pɪts]英 [pɪts]
  • n.矿井;深坑;麻子;深洞;痘瘢
  • v.使…表面有斑点;在…上打洞
  • pit的第三人称单数和复数
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  • 1
    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。

  • 2
    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。

  • 3
    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。

  • 4
    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。

  • 5
    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。

  • 6
    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。”

  • 7
    N-COUNT (水果或蔬菜的)核
    A pit is the stone of a fruit or vegetable.

  • 8
    See also:pitted;fleapit;orchestra pit;sandpit

  • 9
    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。

  • 10
    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。

  • 11
    a bottomless pit→ see:bottomless

  1. Let burning coals fall upon them ; may they be thrown into the fire , into miry pits , never to rise .

    愿火炭落在他们身上。愿他们被丢在火中、抛在深坑里、不能再起来。

  2. And in the pits where her eyes had been , a pale blue light was flickering , lending her coarse features an eerie beauty they had never known in life .

    以前是眼睛的地方,现在是深坑,苍蓝色的光芒在其间闪动,给她粗糙的面孔镶上了一种怪异的美感,这种美感它们从未见过。

  3. He went down the pit when he left school .

    他中学一毕业就当矿工了。

  4. There isn 't a bottomless pit of money for public spending .

    公共开支并非用之不尽。

  5. The body had been dumped in a pit .

    尸体被扔进了深坑。

  6. 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。

  7. We dug a deep pit in the yard .

    我们在院子中挖了个深洞。

  8. 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。

  9. 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。

  10. 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。

  11. 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。

  12. He 's a bottomless pit as far as food is concerned .

    他吃起东西来肚子像个无底洞。

  13. 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。

  14. I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach .

    我心头有种怪怪的感觉。

  15. The pit is ventilated by a steel fan .

    矿井中用钢制通风机来保持空气流通。

  16. 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。

  17. 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。

  18. Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit .

    埃里克一脚踩空,开始往坑里滑。

  19. 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。

  20. 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。

  21. 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。

  22. 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。

  23. 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。”

  24. 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。

  25. 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。

  26. 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。

  27. 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。

  28. Does that metal pit after contact with acid ?

    那种金属同酸接触后是否会起凹点?

  29. The wood is full of pits and needs sanding .

    这木料上到处是凹坑,需用砂纸打磨一下。

  30. A fall into the pit , a gain in your wit .

    吃一堑,长一智。