pit

noun

深洞 deep hole

1. 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。
2. 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

矿 mine

皮肤上 in skin

3. 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

水果 in fruit

汽车赛 in motor racing

4. （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

剧场 in theatre

身体部位 part of body

身体部位 part of body

商业 in business

5. （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

1. 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

水果 fruit

1. N-COUNT 煤矿；矿井
   A pit is 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。
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.
   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。
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.
   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。
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.
   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。
5. See also: He moved quickly into the pits and climbed rapidly out of the car. pit stop
6. N-PLURAL 极糟糕的情况
   If you describe something as the 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。”
7. （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.
   1. 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.
    1. 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. 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。
2. 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。
3. He's a bottomless pit as far as food is concerned.
   他吃起东西来肚子像个无底洞。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit.
   埃里克一脚踩空，开始往坑里滑。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. This was one man pitted against the universe.
    这是一个人挑战整个宇宙。
12. 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。
13. 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。”
14. I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.
    我心头有种怪怪的感觉。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. The pit is ventilated by a steel fan.
    矿井中用钢制通风机来保持空气流通。
20. 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。
21. Does that metal pit after contact with acid?
    那种金属同酸接触后是否会起凹点？
22. Dig a pit and bury the garbage.
    挖一个坑把垃圾埋掉。
23. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
    吃一堑，长一智。
24. The pillars sustain the roof of the pit.
    坑道顶用柱子支撑着。
25. The children tumbled about in the sand pit.
    小孩在沙坑里翻滚着玩。
26. Thousands of Chinese miners, dead or alive, were thrown into the Death Pit by the Japanese fascists.
    数千名中国矿工，不管死的活的，统统被日本法西斯扔进万人坑里去了。
27. He works at ( or down) the pit.
    他在井下工作。
28. Different condition of economy and technology define different open pit limit.
    不同的经济技术条件确定不同的开采境界。
29. 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。
30. The advantages in application of bored interlocking pile for foundation pit engineering were summed up.
    最后总结了钻孔咬合桩在基坑工程应用中的优点。

pit sb/sth against sth

1. 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

n.

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
  1. 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
  1. There isn't a bottomless pit of money for public spending.
     公共开支并非用之不尽。
  2. the bottomless pit of his sorrow
     他无尽的悲哀