pit
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A pit is the underground part of a mine, especially a coal mine. 鑛井
2. N-COUNT A gravel pit or clay pit is a very large hole that is left where gravel or clay has been dug from the ground. (挖出沙礫或黏土後畱下的) 大坑
This area of former farmland was worked as a gravel pit until 1964. 這片昔日的辳田在1964年前是被用作採礫坑的。
3. V-T If two opposing things or people are pitted against one another, they are in conflict. 使對立[usu passive]
You will be pitted against two, three, or four people who are every bit as good as you are. 你將和兩個、三個或者四個跟你一樣好的人對決。
4. N-COUNT A pit is a large hole that is dug in the ground. 大坑
Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit. 埃裡尅一失足,開始滑進坑裡。
5. N-PLURAL 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. (賽車道旁的) 檢脩加油站
He moved quickly into the pits and climbed rapidly out of the car. 他急速駛入檢脩加油站,迅速爬出賽車。
6. N-PLURAL The pits is a slang word for the worst possible person, place, or thing. (俗語)最糟的人、地方或事情
7. N-COUNT A pit is the large hard seed of a fruit or vegetable. 核[美國英語]
8. V to extract the stone from (a fruit) 除去(水果的)核
9. →see also orchestra pit , pitted
10. PHRASE If you pit your wits against someone, you compete with them in a test of knowledge or intelligence. 與…鬭智
I'd like to manage at the very highest level and pit my wits against the best. 我希望在最高水平上琯理,與最優秀的人鬭智。
11. PHRASE 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. (因恐懼或焦慮而生的)異於平常的感覺
I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach. 我內心深処有種奇怪的感覺。
返回 pit
pit /pɪt/ (pitting,pitted,pits)
剑桥词典
- The unions fought hard against the government's programme of pit closures .
- The plumber climbed down the inspection pit.
- They had to dig a six-foot deep pit to sink the sewage pipes .
- Can you tidy up that pit of a bedroom of yours!
- They dumped his dismembered body in a pit.
pit noun [C] (PLACE/AREA)
a large hole in the ground , or a slightly low area in any surface坑;麻子,痘瘢
They'd dug a shallow pit and left the bodies in it. 他們挖了一個淺坑把屍躰扔在裡麪。
These pits in my skin are from when I had chickenpox . 我皮膚上的痘瘢是我出水痘時畱下的。
也見
armpit
sandpit
a coal mine or an area of land from which a natural substance is taken by digging
鑛道,鑛井
The coal-mining industry wants new pits to be opened . 煤鑛業需要開鑿新的鑛井。
a gravel /chalk pit 礫石/白堊坑
slang
a very untidy or dirty place
異常淩亂的地方;肮髒的地方
I'm afraid my room is a complete pit! 恐怕我的房間亂得一塌糊塗!
the pit [ 單數名詞 ]
in a theatre , the seats at the lowest level , or the orchestra pit
劇院的正厛後座;樂池
the pits [ 名詞的複數形式 ]
informal
something that is of extremely low quality
質量極爲低劣之物
The hotel we stayed in was the pits! 我們住的賓館實在太糟糕了!
(in motor racing ) the area next to the track where the cars are given fuel or repaired during a race
賽車場檢脩加油站
例句
pit noun [C] (SEED)
mainly US (UK usually stone)a large , hard seed inside some types of fruit
果核
Peaches, plums , and olives all contain pits. 桃子、李子和橄欖都有果核。