pit

pit¹
noun

a large hole in the ground
坑，穴，洼，壕沟，地洞
■a large deep hole from which stones or minerals are dug
矿坑，矿窑，矿井，坑道
■a coal mine
煤窑
■a sunken enclosure in which certain animals are kept in captivity
（关野兽用的）栏，圈，场
[incombination]a bear pit.
熊圈。
■short for orchestra pit
■orchestra pit 的简称. （见 orchestra）
■a sunken area in a workshop floor allowing access to a car's underside
修车坑道
■(figurative)a low or wretched psychological state
(喻)绝境，绝望的境地
the service remains in a pit of despair.
服务仍旧极其令人失望。
■(the pit)(poetic/literary)hell
(诗/文)地狱
an area reserved or enclosed for a specific activity, in particular
为特定活动预留或圈围起来的地方，尤指
■an area at the side of a track where racing cars are serviced and refueled
（赛车道旁的）检修加油站
■a part of the floor of an exchange in which a particular stock or commodity is traded, typically by open outcry
（特定股票或商品）交易场
■(chiefly historical)an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
(主史)斗兽场
■(the pit)(Brit. dated)the seating at the back of the stalls of a theatre
(英，旧)正厅后座
a hollow or indentation in a surface
凹，窝
■a small indentation left on the skin after smallpox, acne, or other diseases; a pockmark
（天花，痤疮等疾病留下的）痘凹，麻点
(Brit. informal)a person's bed
(英，非正式)床
(informal)a person's armpit
(非正式)（人的）腋窝

(pitted, pitting)
[with obj.]

(pit someone/thing against)set someone or something in conflict or competition with
使互斗，使相斗，使对抗，使竞争，使对立
a chance to pit herself against him.
一个使她能跟他竞争的机会。
■(historical)set an animal to fight against (another animal) for sport
(史)使动物相斗（以取乐）
make a hollow or indentation in the surface of
使有坑，使凹陷
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。
■[no obj.]sink in or contract so as to form a pit or hollow
使起凹陷
[no obj.]drive a racing car into the pits for fuel or maintenance
（为加油或维修而将赛车）开入检修加油站

常用词组
be the pits

(informal)be extremely bad or the worst of its kind
(非正式)非常糟糕，最糟糕

dig a pit for

try to trap
设陷阱

the pit of one's (或 the) stomach

an ill-defined region of the lower abdomen regarded as the seat of strong feelings, especially anxiety
胸口，心窝

语源

Old English pytt, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch put and German Pfütze, based on Latin puteus 'well, shaft'

pit²
(chiefly N. Amer.)
noun

the stone of a fruit
(主北美)果核

(pitted, pitting)

[with obj.]remove the pit from (fruit)
除去…的果核

语源

mid 19th cent.: apparently from Dutch; related to pith

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