pit

英 [pɪt] 美 [pɪt]

• n. 坑；矿井；陷阱；凹痕；(剧院的)正厅后排；（枣）核
• vt. 使凹陷；使竞争
• vi. 凹陷

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]坑

   a hole in the ground

2. [C]煤矿,矿坑

   a coal mine

v. (动词)

1. vt. 使有麻子; 使有凹陷

   mark with pits

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 陷阱，圈套
2. 凹处，凹地
3. 地狱
4. 麻子
5. 【矿】矿井，煤坑，煤矿
6. 地窖，窑
7. 深渊
8. 深坑，坑，洼坑
9. <美>果核
10. 【植】纹孔
11. 地下温室

v. 动词

1. 使竞争，使较量
2. <美>除去...的核
3. （使）成凹，弄凹，使有凹陷
4. （使）成麻子，变麻脸，使有麻子
5. 挖坑（于）
6. 打矿井
7. 把放在地窖里，储藏于地窖中，窖藏
8. 使留下疤痕
9. 放入坑中
10. 坑陷，使掉入陷阱
11. 抵抗
12. 使相斗，使对立
13. 留下凹痕
14. 停车加油
15. 使…表面有斑点
16. 在…上打洞
17. 使经受考验

英英释义

Noun:

1. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground);

   "they dug a pit to bury the body"
   

2. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

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

   "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
   

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

   "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"
   "a demon from the depths of the pit"
   "Hell is paved with good intentions"
   

5. an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

6. (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

7. (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

8. a trap in the form of a concealed hole

9. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;

   "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
   

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

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

Verb:

1. set into opposition or rivalry;

   "let them match their best athletes against ours"
   "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"
   "He plays his two children off against each other"
   

2. mark with a scar;

   "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
   

3. remove the pits from;

   "pit plums and cherries"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The children were playing in the sand pit.
   孩子们在沙坑中玩耍。
2. They dug a pit to bury the rubbish.
   他们挖了一个坑把垃圾埋掉。
3. I've got quite used to working in the pit.
   在矿井工作我已经很习惯了。
4. When you fall into a pit, you either die or get out.
   当你落入陷阱中,不是设法逃出,就是死路一条。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The ground was pitted by the heavy rain.
   大雨使场地变得坑坑洼洼。
2. The managers want to pit the champion against an unknown.
   经理们想让冠军与一名未成名的选手比赛。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. They dug a pit to bury the rubbish.
   他们挖了一个坑把垃圾埋掉。
2. He worked all his life down the pit.
   他一辈子在矿井下工作。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Earthquake pitted the surface of the earth.
   地震使地面出现了凹陷。
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2. His forehead was pitted by chicken pox.
   他的前额因害了水痘而留下许多麻点。

经典引文

• A land of deserts and of pittes.

  出自：Bible (AV): Jeremiah

• We looked down into two massive pits, ten or fifteen feet deep.

  出自： J. Reed

• Jean was in a deep pit of depression.

  出自： fig.

• Bryan ate a cherry, putting the large pit neatly into an empty dish.

  出自： J. May

• They..were pitted like beasts, tumbled into the graue.

  出自： T. Granger

• He dug and pitted the potatoes.

  出自： S. G. Osborne

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

be the pits

极坏,最糟糕be very bad or the worst example of sth

用作动词 (v.)

pit against( v.+prep. )

使与…相斗cause to struggle against
pit sb against sb
He pitted John against Paul.

他使约翰反对保罗。
They pitted two cocks against each other.

他们使两只公鸡相斗。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• dig a pit 挖坑
• drill a pit 钻洞

形容词+～

• bottomless pit 无底深渊
• uneconomic pit 不赢利的煤矿

名词+～

• salt pit 盐井
• storage pit 地窖

介词+～

• down the pit 在矿井下
• from the pit 从矿井处
• work in the pit 在矿井工作

～+介词

• a pit in the earth 地下的洞穴

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的pytt，意为水井。

近反义词

【近义词】

• hole 洞
• oppose 反对
• cavity 洞
• pock 痘疮
• hollow 空的
• set against 反对
• fight 战斗
• ditch 沟渠
• coal mine 煤矿
• mine 我的
• dent 凹痕
• nadir 最低点
• bottom 底部
• crater 坑(陨石坑、弹坑等)...
• stone 【U】石料
• play off 利用
• colliery 煤矿(包括建筑物和设备在...
• mark 记号
• scar 疤痕
• endocarp 内果皮
• quarry 采石场
• stone pit 石坑
• match 对手
• perdition 地狱
• orchestra pit 乐池
• pitfall 陷阱
• fossa 小窝
• hell 地狱