pit
- IPA[pit]
美式
- a large hole in the ground.；a large deep hole from which stones or minerals are dug
- set someone or something in conflict or competition with；set an animal to fight against (another animal) for sport
verb: pit, 3rd person present: pits, gerund or present participle: pitting, past tense: pitted, past participle: pitted
noun: pit, plural noun: pits
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a large hole in the ground. 同義詞
- ▪ a large deep hole from which stones or minerals are dug a gravel pit
- ▪ a coal mine the recent protests over planned pit closures 同義詞
- ▪ a sunken area in a workshop floor allowing access to a car's underside.
- ▪ a low or wretched psychological state spiraling downward into the pit of despair
- ▪ literary hell.
- 2. a hollow or indentation in a surface. 同義詞
- ▪ a small indentation left on the skin after smallpox, acne, or other diseases; a pockmark. 同義詞
- 3. an area at the side of a track where race cars are serviced and refueled he had a flat tire when he came into the pits the pit lane
- 4. an orchestra pit.
- 5. a part of the floor of an exchange in which a particular stock or commodity is traded, typically by open outcry pooled commodity funds liquidated positions in the corn and soybean pits the trading pit of the Singapore International Monetary Exchange
- 6. historical an enclosure in which animals are made to fight a bear pit
動詞
- 1. set someone or something in conflict or competition with a chance to pit herself against him
- ▪ historical set an animal to fight against (another animal) for sport there were usually three dogs pitted against one lion
- 2. make a hollow or indentation in the surface of rain poured down, pitting the bare earth 同義詞
- ▪ sink in or contract so as to form a pit or hollow.
- 3. drive a race car into the pits for fuel or maintenance he pitted on lap 36 with sudden engine trouble
