| 单词 | pit |
| 释义 | pit (pɪt ) Word forms: pits , pitting , pitted 1. countable noun A pit is a coal mine. It was a better community then when all the pits were working. 2. countable noun A pit is a large hole that is dug in the ground. Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit. Synonyms: hole, gulf, depression, hollow 3. countable noun A gravel pit or clay pit is 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. 4. verb [usually passive] If two opposing things or people are pitted against one another, they are in conflict. You will be pitted against people who are every bit as good as you are. [be V-ed + against] This was one man pitted against the universe. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: scar, mark, hole, nick 5. plural noun [usually 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. He moved quickly into the pits and climbed rapidly out of the car. 6. See also pit stop 7. plural noun If you describe something as the pits, you mean that it is extremely bad. [spoken] Mary Ann asked him how dinner had been. 'The pits,' he replied. 8. countable noun A pit is the stone of a fruit or vegetable. [US] 9. See also pitted, fleapit, orchestra pit, sandpit 10. pit one's wits against sb phrase If you pit your wits against someone, you compete with them in a test of knowledge or intelligence. I'd like to pit my wits against the best. 11. in the pit of one's stomach 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. I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach. 12. a bottomless pit phrase If you describe something as a bottomless pit, you mean that it seems as if you can take things from it and it will never be empty or put things in it and it will never be full. A gold mine is not a bottomless pit, the gold runs out. The problem is we don't have a bottomless pit of resources. He's a bottomless pit as far as food is concerned. Idioms: pit your wits against someone [British] to use your intelligence to try to defeat someone He has to pit his wits against an adversary who is cool, clever, cunning and desperate not to be caught. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: shallow pit This will require the rear driver of 587 to be dropped into a shallow pit to allow for the riveting to take place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The evidence consists of a large, shallow pit full of the remains of hundreds of thousands of burned hazelnut shells. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The arborloo works by temporarily putting the slab and superstructure above a shallow pit while this pit fills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The coal was originally dug from a shallow pit on the hill just east of the canyon mouth, used almost exclusively by the canyon's few residents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some farmers or hunters form hunt clubs, which can cover thousands of acres and have resort-like amenities, or be as simple as a shallow pit blind dug into a field. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 使对立, 大坑挖出沙砾或黏土后留下的 Japanese: 対抗する, 採掘場 |
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