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
Collins.3 / BNC.2882 / COCA.3857
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
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 - 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- We dug a deep pit in the yard.
我们在院子中挖了个深洞。 - The body had been dumped in a pit.
尸体被扔进了深坑。
- We dug a deep pit in the yard.
- 矿井
a deep hole in the ground from which minerals are dug out- a chalk/gravel pit
白垩 / 沙砾矿坑
矿 mine矿 mine皮肤上 in skin - a chalk/gravel pit
- 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 - (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 - (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- the corn pit
玉米交易厅
- the corn pit
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- The surface of the moon is pitted with craters.
月亮的表面布满陨石坑。 - Smallpox scars had pitted his face.
他满脸是麻子。
水果 fruit水果 fruit - The surface of the moon is pitted with craters.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 煤矿;矿井
Apitis 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。
- It was a better community then when all the pits were working.
- N-COUNT (地面的)坑,洼;(地下的)穴,洞
Apitis 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。
- Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit.
- 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.- 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。
- This area of former farmland was worked as a gravel pit until 1964.
- VERB 使相斗;使对立;使竞争
If two opposing things or peopleare pitted againstone 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。
- You will be pitted against people who are every bit as good as you are...
- 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.- 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。”
- Mary Ann asked him how dinner had been. 'The pits,' he replied.
- (水果或蔬菜的)核
Apitis the stone of a fruit or vegetable. - See also:pittedfleapitorchestra pitsandpit
- PHRASE 与…斗智
If youpityourwits againstsomeone, 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。
- I'd like to pit my wits against the best.
- 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.- I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.
我心头有种怪怪的感觉。
- I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.
- a bottomless pit→ see:bottomless
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - Does that metal pit after contact with acid?
那种金属同酸接触后是否会起凹点? - 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。 - The pit is ventilated by a steel fan.
矿井中用钢制通风机来保持空气流通。 - 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。 - 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 fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑,长一智。 - 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。 - He's a bottomless pit as far as food is concerned.
他吃起东西来肚子像个无底洞。