pit
n. 井; 煤矿; 麻子; (赛车道旁的)修理加油站
vt. 使竞争; 使有凹陷; 使留疤痕,使有斑点; 使表面有坑
vi. 凹陷; 起凹点
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。
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。
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。
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。
This was one man pitted against the universe.
这是一个人挑战整个宇宙。
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。
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。”
A pit is the stone of a fruit or vegetable.
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。
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。
1. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground);
2. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
3. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed;
4. a trap in the form of a concealed hole
5. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;
6. lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
7. a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
1. set into opposition or rivalry;
2. mark with a scar;
3. remove the pits from;
hole, cave, cavity, hollow, pit
这些名词均有"洞,穴"之意。
be the pits
(非正式)非常糟糕,最糟糕
dig a pit for
设陷阱
the pit of one's (或 the) stomach
胸口,心窝
Dig a pit and bury the garbage.
挖一个坑把垃圾埋掉.
The sides of the pit fell in and buried Tom and Dick.
坑壁坍塌,把汤姆和迪克埋在里面.
The pillars sustain the roof of the pit.
坑道顶儿用柱子顶着.
They dug a pit to bury the rubbish.
他们挖了一个坑把垃圾埋掉.
The children tumbled about in the sand pit.
小孩在沙坑里翻滚着玩.