a large hole in the ground 坑,穴,洼,壕沟,地洞 ■a large deep hole from which stones or minerals are dug 矿坑,矿窑,矿井,坑道 ■a coal mine 煤窑 ■a sunken enclosure in which certain animals are kept in captivity (关野兽用的)栏,圈,场 [incombination]a bear pit. 熊圈。 ■short for orchestra pit ■orchestra pit 的简称. (见 orchestra) ■a sunken area in a workshop floor allowing access to a car's underside 修车坑道 ■(figurative)a low or wretched psychological state (喻)绝境,绝望的境地 the service remains in a pit of despair. 服务仍旧极其令人失望。 ■(the pit)(poetic/literary)hell (诗/文)地狱
an area reserved or enclosed for a specific activity, in particular 为特定活动预留或圈围起来的地方,尤指 ■an area at the side of a track where racing cars are serviced and refueled (赛车道旁的)检修加油站 ■a part of the floor of an exchange in which a particular stock or commodity is traded, typically by open outcry (特定股票或商品)交易场 ■(chiefly historical)an enclosure in which animals are made to fight (主史)斗兽场 ■(the pit)(Brit. dated)the seating at the back of the stalls of a theatre (英,旧)正厅后座
a hollow or indentation in a surface 凹,窝 ■a small indentation left on the skin after smallpox, acne, or other diseases; a pockmark (天花,痤疮等疾病留下的)痘凹,麻点
(Brit. informal)a person's bed (英,非正式)床
(informal)a person's armpit (非正式)(人的)腋窝
(pitted, pitting) [with obj.]
(pit someone/thing against)set someone or something in conflict or competition with 使互斗,使相斗,使对抗,使竞争,使对立 a chance to pit herself against him. 一个使她能跟他竞争的机会。 ■(historical)set an animal to fight against (another animal) for sport (史)使动物相斗(以取乐)
make a hollow or indentation in the surface of 使有坑,使凹陷 rain poured down, pitting the bare earth. 雨水倾盆而下,在光秃秃的地上打出一些小坑。 ■[no obj.]sink in or contract so as to form a pit or hollow 使起凹陷
[no obj.]drive a racing car into the pits for fuel or maintenance (为加油或维修而将赛车)开入检修加油站
常用词组 be the pits
(informal)be extremely bad or the worst of its kind (非正式)非常糟糕,最糟糕
dig a pit for
try to trap 设陷阱
the pit of one's (或 the) stomach
an ill-defined region of the lower abdomen regarded as the seat of strong feelings, especially anxiety 胸口,心窝
语源
Old English pytt, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch put and German Pfütze, based on Latin puteus 'well, shaft'
pit2 (chiefly N. Amer.) noun
the stone of a fruit (主北美)果核
(pitted, pitting)
[with obj.]remove the pit from (fruit) 除去…的果核
语源
mid 19th cent.: apparently from Dutch; related to pith