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Pit N Count Gravel Pitted Feeling Large Hole Dug

单词 pit
音标
英[pɪt] 美[pɪt]
解释
n.井;煤矿;麻子;(赛车道旁的)修理加油站;vt.使有麻子;使有凹陷;vi.凹陷;起凹点;
例句

N-COUNT
煤矿;矿井
A pit is a coal mine.
例:It was a better community then when all the pits were working.所有的煤矿都在开工的那个时候,这个社区的情况要更好一些。

N-COUNT
(地面的)坑,洼;(地下的)穴,洞
A pit is a large hole that is dug in the ground.
例:Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit.埃里克一脚踩空,开始往坑里滑。

N-COUNT
(挖出沙砾或黏土后留下的)坑,窑
A gravel pit or clay pit is a very large hole that is left where gravel or clay has been dug from the ground.
例:This area of former farmland was worked as a gravel pit until 1964.这块过去曾是农田的地1964年前一直被用作沙砾坑。

VERB
使相斗;使对立;使竞争
If two opposing things or people are pitted against one another, they are in conflict.
例:You will be pitted against people who are every bit as good as you are...你将和与你势均力敌的对手展开竞争。
例:This was one man pitted against the universe.这是一个人挑战整个宇宙。

N-PLURAL
(赛车道旁的)检修加油站
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.
例:He moved quickly into the pits and climbed rapidly out of the car.他迅速进入检修加油站,飞快地爬出赛车。

N-PLURAL
极糟糕的情况
If you describe something as the pits, you mean that it is extremely bad.
例:Mary Ann asked him how dinner had been. 'The pits,' he replied.玛丽·安问他晚餐怎么样,他回答说:“糟透了。”

N-COUNT
(水果或蔬菜的)核
A pit is the stone of a fruit or vegetable.

PHRASE
与…斗智
If you pit your wits against someone, you compete with them in a test of knowledge or intelligence.
例:I'd like to pit my wits against the best.我希望同最优秀的对手斗智。

PHRASE
胸口;心窝
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.
例:I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.我心头有种怪怪的感觉。
变形
third:pits~done:pitted~pl:pits~ing:pitting~past:pitted~

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