| 词汇 | pit |
| 释义 | pit (verb) pit (noun) pit (verb) pit 12 ENTRIES FOUND: pit (noun) pit (verb) pit (noun) pit (verb) pit-a-pat (noun) pitted (adjective) pitting (noun) pit boss (noun) pit bull (noun) pit stop (noun) mosh pit (noun) open-pit (adjective) 1 pit /ˈpɪt/ noun plural pits 1 pit /ˈpɪt/ noun plural pits Learner's definition of PIT 1 [count] : a hole in the ground usually made by digging坑；穴 The explorers discovered a burial pit containing human bones.探险家们发现了一个有人类骸骨的填埋坑。 The impact of the meteor created a huge pit. [=crater]陨石撞击形成巨坑。 The hikers dug a pit for the fire.徒步旅行者挖了个坑生火。 2 [count] a : a large, deep hole in the ground from which stones or minerals are dug out坑道；矿井 a gravel/chalk/tar pit砾石坑；白垩矿；沥青坑 — see also sandpit b chiefly British : a coal mine煤矿 3 [count] : something that uses up or holds a very large amount of money, food, information, etc.无底洞；巨库 My house is such a money pit —I'm always paying for repairs on it!我的房子真是个无底洞——我一直在花钱修理它。 My brother's stomach is a bottomless pit. [=my brother eats constantly]我哥哥是个大胃王。 The Internet is a bottomless pit of information. [=the Internet contains a great amount of information]互联网是个巨大的信息库。 4 [count] : an area separated from and often placed below the areas next to it（常指低洼的）独立区域: such as a : an outdoor area where food is cooked户外烹饪食品处 a barbecue pit烧烤坑 b US : an area where particular investments are traded（某些投资的）交易场地 the oil futures pit of the New York Mercantile Exchange纽约商业交易所的石油期货交易处 c : an area where animals are brought to fight斗兽场 d : the space in a theater where an orchestra plays（剧院的）乐池 The conductor walked down into the (orchestra) pit and stood at the podium.乐队指挥走进乐池，站在指挥台上。 e : an area of dirt or grass used for playing certain games（某些比赛用的）沙坑，草坑 a horseshoe pit掷蹄铁沙坑 f : mosh pit g : an area beside a racetrack used for servicing cars during a race（赛车道旁的）检修加油站 — usually plural通常用复数 The driver stopped in the pits to refuel.车手在检修站停车加油。 — see also pit stop 5 [count] : a small hole or dent on the surface of something（物体表面的）小洞，凹陷 The car's door was covered with pits and scratches.车门上满是凹坑和擦痕。 The boy had pits [=pockmarks] on his face.这个男孩脸上有痘痕。 6 a [count] : a very bad or unpleasant place or situation深渊；绝境 — usually + of The downtown area is a pit of depression/despair/hopelessness.市中心是让人沮丧/失望/绝望的地方。 b the pits informal : something that is very bad or unpleasant糟糕的事物 You caught the flu on your birthday? That's the pits! [=that is awful]你生日当天得了流感？那太糟了！ This rainy weather is the absolute pits. [=I hate this rainy weather]下雨天真烦人。 I usually like her movies, but her most recent one is really the pits! [=her most recent one is terrible]她的电影通常我都喜欢看，但最近这部真是糟糕！ 7 [count] informal : armpit the pit of your/the stomach : the part of a person's stomach where strong feelings of nervousness, excitement, etc., can be felt心窝；胸口 She felt a flutter in the pit of her stomach when he walked through the door.当他跨进门时，她感到心头一阵忐忑。 — compare 3pit 2 pit /ˈpɪt/ verb pits; pitted; pitting 2 pit /ˈpɪt/ verb pits; pitted; pitting Learner's definition of PIT 1 [+ object] : to make small holes or dents in (something)使有坑；使有凹陷 A hailstorm badly pitted the car's roof.冰雹把车顶砸出深深的凹痕。 — see also pitted 2 2 [no object] car racing : to make a pit stop（赛车中为加油或检修）小停 The driver was forced to pit because of engine problems.车手因发动机出现问题而被迫在检修站停下来。 pit against [phrasal verb] pit (someone or something) against (someone or something) : to cause (someone or something) to fight or compete against (another person or thing)使相斗；使对立；使竞争 Tonight's game will pit Smith against Johnson for the championship. [=Smith will be playing against Johnson for the championship in tonight's game]在今晚的比赛中史密斯和约翰逊将争夺冠军。 The team will be pitted against [=will be playing against] last year's champion in the finals.球队将在决赛中迎战去年的冠军。 The game requires you to pit your wits against the computer. [=to use your wits to try to defeat the computer]这个游戏需要你开动脑筋，与电脑一争高下。 — compare 4pit 3 pit /ˈpɪt/ noun plural pits 3 pit /ˈpɪt/ noun plural pits Learner's definition of PIT [count] US : the hard middle part of a fruit : stone（水果的）核 peach/cherry/olive pits梨/樱桃/油橄榄核 — see color picture on this page — compare 1pit 4 pit /ˈpɪt/ verb pits; pitted; pitting 4 pit /ˈpɪt/ verb pits; pitted; pitting Learner's definition of PIT [+ object] chiefly US : to remove the pit from (a piece of fruit)去核 He pitted the plum and cut it into pieces.他去掉了李子的核并把它切成片。 — see also pitted 1 — compare 2pit |
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