pit

英 [pɪt]

美 [pɪt]

n. 深洞; 深坑; 矿井; 麻子; 痘瘢
v. 使…表面有斑点; 在…上打洞

复数：pits　过去式：pitted　过去分词：pitted　现在分词：pitting　第三人称单数：pits　

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短语用例

pit sb/sth against sth

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

习惯用语

be the pits

是坏典型；是拙劣典型；最糟糕
to be very bad or the worst example of sth

the pit of your/the stomach

心窝；心底
the bottom of the stomach where people say they feel strong feelings, especially fear
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。

a bottomless pit (of sth)

无限度事物；无休止的状况；无底洞
a thing or situation which seems to have no limits or seems never to end
There isn't a bottomless pit of money for public spending.
公共开支并非用之不尽。
the bottomless pit of his sorrow
他无尽的悲哀

牛津词典

noun

深洞 deep hole

深洞；深坑
a large deep hole in the ground
1. We dug a deep pit in the yard.
  我们在院子中挖了个深洞。
2. 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
1. a chalk/gravel pit
  白垩 / 沙砾矿坑

矿 mine

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

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
1. the corn pit
  玉米交易厅

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
1. The surface of the moon is pitted with craters.
  月亮的表面布满陨石坑。
2. Smallpox scars had pitted his face.
  他满脸是麻子。

水果 fruit

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 煤矿；矿井
Apitis a coal mine.
1. 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。
N-COUNT （地面的）坑，洼；（地下的）穴，洞
Apitis a large hole that is dug in the ground.
1. Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit.
  埃里克一脚踩空，开始往坑里滑。
N-COUNT （挖出沙砾或黏土后留下的）坑，窑
Agravel pitorclay pitis a very large hole that is left where gravel or clay has been dug from the ground.
1. 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。
VERB 使相斗；使对立；使竞争
If two opposing things or peopleare pitted againstone another, they are in conflict.
1. 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。
2. This was one man pitted against the universe.
  这是一个人挑战整个宇宙。
See also:He moved quickly into the pits and climbed rapidly out of the car.pit stop
N-PLURAL 极糟糕的情况
If you describe something asthe pits, you mean that it is extremely bad.
1. 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。”
（水果或蔬菜的）核
Apitis the stone of a fruit or vegetable.
See also:pitted fleapit orchestra pit sandpit
PHRASE 与…斗智
If youpityourwits againstsomeone, you compete with them in a test of knowledge or intelligence.
1. I'd like to pit my wits against the best.
  我希望同最优秀的对手斗智。
PHRASE 胸口；心窝
If you have a feelingin the pit ofyourstomach, you have a tight or sick feeling in your stomach, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
1. I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.
  我心头有种怪怪的感觉。
a bottomless pit→ see:bottomless

双语例句

The pillars sustain the roof of the pit.
坑道顶用柱子支撑着。
Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit.
埃里克一脚踩空，开始往坑里滑。
He's a bottomless pit as far as food is concerned.
他吃起东西来肚子像个无底洞。
This was one man pitted against the universe.
这是一个人挑战整个宇宙。
I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.
我心头有种怪怪的感觉。
And the fear stops us from understanding this bottomless pit.
而恐惧阻止了我们对这无底洞的了解。
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。
Does that metal pit after contact with acid?
那种金属同酸接触后是否会起凹点？
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。
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。