pit

[pit]

n.坑, 矿井, 陷阱, 凹痕,(剧院的)正厅后排
vt.使凹陷, 使竞争
vi.凹陷
n.果核
vt.除去...的核

n.

1. 洼坑, 凹处; 地窖

Dig a pit and bury the garbage.

挖一个坑把垃圾埋了。

2. 矿坑, 煤矿; 窑(如石灰窑)

He worked all his life down the pit.

他一生都在矿坑中工作。

3. 陷阱; 圈套

4. 地狱; 墓穴[the S]

5. 【英】(剧场)楼下正厅(尤指后座); 正厅后座观众

6. (剧场舞台前的)乐队池

7. 躯体凹部; 腋窝

8. 麻子[P]

9. 【美】(交易所中)某种商品的交易场

10. (赛车中途的)加油站, 修理站[the P]

11. 兽栏; 斗兽场; 斗鸡场

vt.

1. 使成凹; 挖坑于; 使留下疤痕

The surface of the moon is pitted with craters.

月球表面因有环形山而变得坑坑洼洼。

2. 放入坑中; 储藏于地窖中; 使掉入陷阱

His face is pitted with smallpox.

他的脸因天花而留下疤痕。

3. 使相斗; 使对立; 使竞争[(+against)]

The managers want to pit the champion against John.

经理人想让冠军与约翰比赛。

vi.

1. 变麻脸

2. 留下凹痕

3. (赛车时)停车加油

词形变化

动词过去式: pitted | 动词过去分词: pitted | 动词现在分词: pitting | 动词第三人称单数: pits |

词义辨析

同义:

n.凹洞

hole  cavity  hollow  

英英释义

名词 pit:

a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

同义词：cavity

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

同义词：fossa

the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

同义词：stone, endocarp

(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

同义词：Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region

a trap in the form of a concealed hole

同义词：pitfall

a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

同义词：quarry, stone pit

lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

同义词：orchestra pit

a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

同义词：colliery

动词 pit:

set into opposition or rivalry

同义词：oppose, match, play off

mark with a scar

同义词：scar, mark, pock

remove the pits from

同义词：stone

短语词组

dig a pit for sb.

1. 给某人设圈套

Don't believe what he says. He's trying to dig a pit for you.

不要相信他的话。他在算计你。

补充

pitpit英:[pit] 美:[pɪt]n.1.坑They dug a pit to bury the rubbish.他们挖了一个坑把垃圾埋掉。2.煤矿, 矿坑He worked all his life down the pit.他一辈子在矿井下工作。vt.1.使有麻子; 使有凹陷Earthquake pitted the surface of the earth.地震使地面出现了凹陷。

例句

1. I'm trying to avoid all these pits in the road.我在设法躲避路上的这些坑。 2. They dug a pit to bury the bodies in.他们挖坑掩埋那些尸体。 3. Gangs of soldiers were digging pits and filling sandbags.一队队士兵在挖壕沟、装沙袋。 4. It was a better community then when all the pits were working.所有的煤矿都开着工的时候, 这个社区的情况还是不错的。 5. We should work out what kind of values to maintain to avoid falling into the pits that these people have found themselves in.我们应该弄清楚要保持怎样的价值观, 以避免陷入这些人身处的危险之中。 6. Christian Thielemann's magnificently committed conducting in the pit克里斯蒂安•蒂勒曼在乐池中的出色指挥 7. Mary threw two olive pits at him.玛丽朝他扔了两个橄榄核。 8. Just before the strike she had done interviews about pit closures with miners' wives.就在罢工前, 她就煤矿关闭一事采访了矿工的妻子们。 9. His face was pitted from smallpox.他的脸上因生天花而留有麻点。 10. Nails often become pitted and ridged.指甲经常变得凹凸不平。 11. The olives are pitted in one movement, and the pimento is inserted with ease.只需一个动作就可以给橄榄去核, 然后甘椒就很容易地塞进去了。 12. pitted crabapple去核的山楂 13. to pit vegetables (apples)窖藏蔬菜(苹果) 14. the ground pitted with innumerable craters遍地都是坑坑洼洼的 15. pitted by smallpox留下天花疤痕；有麻子 16. be pitted against each other被置于互斗地位 17. a metal that pits after contact with alkalis与碱接触后起麻点的金属 18. to pit for a tire change(赛中车)停下换胎 19. The tissue affected by edema will usually pit.受浮肿影响的组织常在按后起凹陷。 20. [incombination]a bear pit.熊圈。 21. the service remains in a pit of despair.服务仍旧极其令人失望。 22. a chance to pit herself against him.一个使她能跟他竞争的机会。 23. 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。 24. They dug a large pit to bury the dead animals.他们挖了一个大坑把死动物埋掉。 25. The food in that restaurant is the pits!那家饭馆的饭菜很差劲！ 26. The front of the building was pitted with bullet marks.那座建筑物的正面布满弹痕。 27. The two strongest teams were pitted against each other in the final.两支最强的队在总决赛中对垒。 28. 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。 29. The impact of the meteor created a huge pit. [=crater]陨石撞击形成巨坑。 30. The hikers dug a pit for the fire.徒步旅行者挖了个坑生火。 31. a gravel/chalk/tar pit砾石坑；白垩矿；沥青坑 32. 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。 33. My brother's stomach is a bottomless pit. [=my brother eats constantly]我哥哥是个大胃王。 34. 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。 35. a barbecue pit烧烤坑 36. 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 37. 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。 38. a horseshoe pit掷蹄铁沙坑 39. The driver stopped in the pits to refuel.车手在检修站停车加油。 40. The car's door was covered with pits and scratches.车门上满是凹坑和擦痕。 41. The boy had pits [=pockmarks] on his face.这个男孩脸上有痘痕。 42. 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。 43. 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！ 44. This rainy weather is the absolute pits. [=I hate this rainy weather]下雨天真烦人。 45. "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！ 46. 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。 47. A hailstorm badly pitted the car's roof.冰雹把车顶砸出深深的凹痕。 48. 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。 49. 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。 50. 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。 51. 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。 52. peach/cherry/olive pits梨/樱桃/油橄榄核 53. He pitted the plum and cut it into pieces.他去掉了李子的核并把它切成片。