pit

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pit1 /pɪt/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  hole 洞 a) HOLEa hole in the ground, especially one made by digging 〔尤指在地上挖出的〕坑 The female digs a pit in which to lay the eggs. 雌性挖坑产卵。 a five-foot deep pit 五英尺深的坑 → sandpit b) HOLEa large hole in the ground from which stones or minerals are obtained by digging 采石坑；矿坑gravel/sand/chalk pit 沙砾坑/沙坑/白垩坑2  mine 矿井TI especially British English a coal mine 煤矿井 Dad first went down the pit (=worked in a coal mine) when he was 15 years old. 爸爸第一次下煤矿井时才15岁。 a national strike against pit closures 抗议关闭煤矿井的全国性罢工3  mark 痕迹 a small hollow mark in the surface of something, especially on your skin as the result of a disease 〔某物表面的〕微小凹痕；〔尤因疾病而在皮肤上产生的〕麻点，痘痕 the deep pits left by smallpox 天花遗留下的深深的痘痕4. untidy place 不洁的地方 [usually singular] informalUNTIDY a house or room that is dirty, untidy, or in bad condition 肮脏的房屋[房间]；条件很差的房屋[房间]5  be the pits informalBAD to be extremely bad 极差，极糟糕 The company refused to pay – I think it’s the pits. 那家公司拒绝付款，我认为这太恶劣了。6  in/at the pit of your stomach EMOTIONALif you have a feeling in the pit of your stomach, you have a sick or tight feeling in your stomach, usually because you are nervous or afraid 在你的心底[心窝] I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that something terrible was going to happen. 我内心深处觉得有什么可怕的事就要发生了。7. CAR RACING 赛车the pits DSOthe place beside the track in a car race where cars can come in for petrol, new tyres etc 〔赛车时设在赛道边的〕维修站 → pit stop8. in a theatre 在剧院里 an orchestra pit 乐池9  in a garage 在汽车修理厂TTC a hole in the floor of a garage that lets you get under a car to repair it 检修坑 an inspection pit 汽车检修坑10  a/the pit of something literarySITUATION a situation which makes you feel very bad 某事糟糕的状态 Just thinking about the future plunged her into a pit of despair. 一想到将来，她就陷入了极其绝望的境地。11  in fruit 水果中 especially American EnglishHBPDF the single large hard seed in some fruits 〔某些水果的〕核 SYN British English stone a peach pit 桃核 →5 see picture at 见图 fruit112. body part 身体部位 informalHBH an armpit 腋窝13. business 交易 American EnglishBFS the area of a stock exchange where people buy and sell shares 〔证券交易所的〕交易区 SYN British English floor

Examples from the Corpus

pit• We dug a pit a yard deep in the soil.• Every military camp has a pit, where prisoners are held.• There are tiny scratches and pits on the windshield.• But somebody ought to tell the filmmakers, who are churning out movies as if demand were a bottomless pit.• The dis-used brick pit has been a tip for 10 years and will continue as one for 30 more.• It was another plastic bag of clothes from the clunch pit murder.• a gravel pit• S., methods by which operas hire pit orchestras vary.• The opera needs the players for its pit orchestra.• They found a large pit where all the dead bodies had been thrown.• Many of the victims were buried in large pits.• Eric's house is a total pit.gravel/sand/chalk pit• Around Chichester there is an area of gravel and gravel pits of considerable economic importance.• Not simply on Tring Reservoirs or the home counties gravel pits do men now sit for a ten pounder anymore.• Many schools are fortunate to have an outside sand pit as well.• Some men pinched all the wages at the gravel pit.• Hand carts and horsedrawn carts wait to carry away building supplies brought from the gravel pits of Middlesex.• The money he had stolen from the gravel pits reposed under his bunk in the houseboat.• Now suppose we ask Professor Summerlee, after a particular landing in the sand pit, what he has just experienced.• The chalk pit itself is potentially a valuable habitat and adds yet one more facet to this lovely stretch of land.pit closures• Occupancy at Pontins dropped 13% and bookings dipped after pit closures were announced.• The dockside coal depot will be the focal point of a demonstration against imports and pit closures tomorrow.• K Thousands of coal miners marched through central London to protest at the Government's bungled pit closures.• Further contraction, pit closures, and industrial erosion would certainly follow.• He promised a moratorium on pit closures if Labour won.• These ravenous companies claim to provide jobs to communities starved of employment following the pit closures.• But he pulled out because of the expected Government statement on the pit closures programme this afternoon.inspection pit• Below: The interior of the depot, with its five inspection pits and single-span roof.• The remains of the old Motherwell car are lying in the inspection pit underneath! 3.• The inspection pit and work bench.

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pit2 verb (pitted, pitting)  1  [transitive]HOLE to put small marks or holes in the surface of something 使留下疤痕；使有凹陷be pitted with something The whole street was pitted with potholes. 整条街道都坑坑洼洼的。n Grammar Pit is usually passive in this meaning.2  [transitive] especially American EnglishDFC to take out the single hard seed inside some fruits 除去…的核 SYN stone Peel and pit two avocados. 把两个鳄梨削皮去核。3. [intransitive] American English to stop in a car race to get petrol or have your car repaired 〔赛车中途〕停车加油，停车检修4 pit somebody/something against somebody/something phrasal verb COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATto test someone’s strength, ability, power etc in a competition or fight against someone or something else 使与…竞争，使相斗 We’ll be pitting our team against the champions. 我们队将和冠军队一争高下。pit your wits against somebody (=compete against someone using your intelligence or knowledge) 和某人斗智 Pit your wits against family or friends! 和家人或朋友斗智去吧！pit yourself against something/somebody The men had to pit themselves against the forces of nature. 那些男人不得不对抗大自然的力量。5.pit out phrasal verb American English informal HBHto sweat so much that your clothes become wet under your arms 汗水浸湿〔腋下的衣服〕 → pitted→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

pit• Never in this century has the fight for the presidency pitted a congressional monarch against an incumbent president.• She was still quite ready for anything the Union chose to pit a gains her.• Leaders and managers who are trying to speed up the pace of change in their organizations will find themselves pitted against job-mindedness.• Colors of the rainbow sparkled in the spray, the ground was less pitted and dusty.• You could also add drained, pitted canned cherries.• Stainless steel cutlery Can discolour and pit if left coated with food, so use the pre-wash cycle.• CO2 pellets do not pit or cut the surface they are cleaning.• Andretti pitted with 16 laps left.• The street was pitted with potholes.From Longman Business Dictionarypitpit /pɪt/ noun [countable] American English1FINANCE an area of the floor of a financial market where buying and selling takes place and dealers speak directly to each otherSYN FLOOR, TRADING FLOORthe currency pit of the Chicago Commodity Exchangethe most active trader in the world’s most active futures-trading pit2a mine, especially a coal mineWe have no choice but to close unprofitable pits.Origin pit1 1. Old English pytt2. (1800-1900) Dutch

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pit¹ /pɪt/ noun [countable]1.  HOLE
  a. a hole in the ground, especially one made by digging:
    The female digs a pit in which to lay the eggs.
    a five-foot deep pit ⇨ sandpit
  b. a large hole in the ground from which stones or minerals are obtained by digging
    gravel/sand/chalk pit
2.  MINE especially British English a coal mine:
    Dad first went down the pit (=worked in a coal mine) when he was 15 years old.
    a national strike against pit closures
3.  MARK a small hollow mark in the surface of something, especially on your skin as the result of a disease:
    the deep pits left by smallpox
4.  UNTIDY PLACE  [usually singular] informal a house or room that is dirty, untidy, or in bad condition
5. be the pits informal to be extremely bad:
    The company refused to pay – I think it’s the pits.
6. in/at the pit of your stomach if you have a feeling in the pit of your stomach, you have a sick or tight feeling in your stomach, usually because you are nervous or afraid:
    I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that something terrible was going to happen.
7.  CAR RACING the pits the place beside the track in a car race where cars can come in for petrol, new tyres etc ⇨ pit stop
8.  IN A THEATRE an orchestra pit
9.  IN A GARAGE a hole in the floor of a garage that lets you get under a car to repair it:
    an inspection pit
10. a/the pit of something literary a situation which makes you feel very bad:
    Just thinking about the future plunged her into a pit of despair.
11.  IN FRUIT especially American English the single large hard seed in some fruits
   SYN  stone British English:
    a peach pit
12.  BODY PART informal an armpit
13.  BUSINESS American English the area of a stock exchange where people buy and sell shares
   SYN  floor British English

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pit² verb (past tense and past participle pitted, present participle pitting)
1. [transitive usually passive] to put small marks or holes in the surface of something
    be pitted with something
    The whole street was pitted with potholes.
2. [transitive] especially American English to take out the single hard seed inside some fruits
   SYN  stone:
    Peel and pit two avocados.
3. [intransitive] American English to stop in a car race to get petrol or have your car repaired
⇨ pitted
     
pit somebody/something against somebody/something phrasal verb
  to test someone’s strength, ability, power etc in a competition or fight against someone or something else:
    We’ll be pitting our team against the champions.
    pit your wits against somebody (=compete against someone using your intelligence or knowledge)
    Pit your wits against family or friends__
    pit yourself against something/somebody
    The men had to pit themselves against the forces of nature.
pit out phrasal verb American English informal
  to sweat so much that your clothes become wet under your arms