pit
n
1 [C] large (usu deep) hollow or opening in the ground (地面的)大坑, (通常指)深坑.
2 [C] (esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞)
(a) hole in the ground, usu with steep sides, from which esp minerals are dug out 坑; (尤指)礦井: a `chalk-pit 白堊取土坑
a `gravel-pit 采石場
a `lime-pit 石灰采石場.
(b) hole in the ground made for any of various industrial purposes(作工業用途的)坑: a `saw-pit 鋸木坑.
3 [C] = coal-mine (coal): go down the pit, ie work as a miner 下井(做礦工).
4 [C] natural hollow in the surface of a plant or an animal's body 動植物體的自然凹陷處; 窩; 凹
the pit of the stomach, ie the hollow between the ribs below the breastbone, thought to be the place where fear is felt 胸口
`armpit, ie hollow underneath the shoulder where the arm joins the body 腋窩.
5 [C]
(a) hollow scar left on the skin, esp after smallpox; pock-mark 皮膚上凹陷的疤痕; (尤指天花的)麻點, 痘痕.
(b) small hollow on a surface, esp of metal or glass 物體表面的?quot;枷荽Γㄓ戎附鶚艋蠆AУ模?
6 the pit [sing]
(Brit) (people sitting in) seats on the ground floor of a theatre behind the stalls 劇院正廳後座(的觀眾).
7 [sing] (also `orchestra pit) sunken part of the floor of a theatre infront of the stage, for the orchestra 樂池. =>illus at App 1見附錄1插圖, page ix.
8
(a) [C] sunken area in the floor of a garage or workshop where the underneath part of a vehicle can be examined or repaired (修車處的)檢修坑.
(b) the pits [pl]
(in motor racing) place near the race-track where cars can stop for fuel, new tyres, etc during a race (機動車賽中的)檢修加油站.
9 [sing] (US) (esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞) part of the floor of a commodity exchange used for a particular commodity (某些商品的)交易場所
the `wheat-pit 小麥交易場.
10 the pit [sing]
(Bible or rhet 《圣經》或修辭) hell 地獄.
11 [C] hole dug as a trap for wild animals; pitfall (捕獵野獸用的)陷阱.
12 (idm 習語) be the pits (infml 口 esp US) be very bad or the worst example of sth 極壞; 最糟糕
The comedian's performance was the pits! 這喜劇演員的表演糟透了!
The food in this restaurant is the pits! 這家飯館的東西難吃極了! pit, v (-tt-)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr esp passive 尤用於被動語態]
~ sth (with sth) make pits (pit 5) or hollows in sth 使某物上有凹陷、 有麻點
Acid had pitted the surface of the silver. 酸把銀器的表面腐蝕了.
a face pitted with smallpox 麻子臉
The surface of the moon is pitted with craters. 月球表面有很多環形坑.
2 (phr v) pit sb/sth against sb/sth test sb/sth in a struggle or competition with sb/sth 使某人[某事物]與他人[他事物]較量
pit one's wits against the bureaucracy of the tax office 與稅務局的官僚作風斗智
pit oneself against the reigning champion 與本屆冠軍較量.
pit n (esp US) = stone 5. pit, v [Tn]
(-tt-) (esp US) remove pits from (fruit) 除去(水果)的核
pitted olives 去核的橄欖.