pit
n. 井; 煤礦; 麻子; (賽車道旁的)修理加油站
vt. 使競爭; 使有凹陷; 使留疤痕,使有斑點; 使表面有坑
vi. 凹陷; 起凹點
A pit is a coal mine.
It was a better community then when all the pits were working.
所有的煤礦都在開工的那個時候,這個社羣的情況要更好一些。
A pit is a large hole that is dug in the ground.
Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit.
埃裡克一腳踩空,開始往坑裡滑。
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.
這塊過去曾是農田的地1964年前一直被用作沙礫坑。
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...
你將和與你勢均力敵的對手展開競爭。
This was one man pitted against the universe.
這是一個人挑戰整個宇宙。
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.
他迅速進入檢修加油站,飛快地爬出賽車。
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.
瑪麗·安問他晚餐怎麼樣,他回答說:“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.
我希望同最優秀的對手鬥智。
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.
我心頭有種怪怪的感覺。
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
這些名詞均有"洞,穴"之意。
be the pits
(非正式)非常糟糕,最糟糕
dig a pit for
設陷阱
the pit of one's (或 the) stomach
胸口,心窩
Dig a pit and bury the garbage.
挖一個坑把垃圾埋掉.
The sides of the pit fell in and buried Tom and Dick.
坑壁坍塌,把湯姆和迪克埋在裡面.
The pillars sustain the roof of the pit.
坑道頂兒用柱子頂著.
They dug a pit to bury the rubbish.
他們挖了一個坑把垃圾埋掉.
The children tumbled about in the sand pit.
小孩在沙坑裡翻滾著玩.