pits

英 [pɪts]

美 [pɪts]

n.  深洞; 深坑; 矿井; 麻子; 痘瘢
v.  使…表面有斑点; 在…上打洞
pit的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 煤矿；矿井
  Apitis a coal mine.
  1. 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
  Apitis a large hole that is dug in the ground.
  1. 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
  Agravel pitorclay pitis a very large hole that is left where gravel or clay has been dug from the ground.
  1. 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 peopleare pitted againstone another, they are in conflict.
  1. 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。
  2. This was one man pitted against the universe.
     这是一个人挑战整个宇宙。
• See also:He moved quickly into the pits and climbed rapidly out of the car.pit stop
• N-PLURAL 极糟糕的情况
  If you describe something asthe pits, you mean that it is extremely bad.
  1. 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。”
• （水果或蔬菜的）核
  Apitis the stone of a fruit or vegetable.
• See also:pittedfleapitorchestra pitsandpit
• PHRASE 与…斗智
  If youpityourwits againstsomeone, you compete with them in a test of knowledge or intelligence.
  1. 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 feelingin the pit ofyourstomach, you have a tight or sick feeling in your stomach, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
  1. I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.
     我心头有种怪怪的感觉。
• a bottomless pit→ see:bottomless

双语例句

• The wood is full of pits and needs sanding.
  这木料上到处是凹坑，需用砂纸打磨一下。
• The comedian's performance was the pits!
  这喜剧演员的表演糟透了。
• The gravel pits have been landscaped and planted to make them attractive to wildfowl
  砾石采掘坑已进行了景观美化并种上了草木，希望能吸引野禽的到来。
• Then turning to the pits I was on the white paint while breaking with engine.
  然后在转向维修站时我加了油门，驶上了白色的油漆。
• The holes were identified as ancient rubbish pits.
  这些洞被鉴定为古代的垃圾坑。
• Cherry pits are full of cyanogenic glycosides.
  樱桃充满了氰苷。
• Many common minerals, such as feldspar, develop microscopic pits during weathering.
  许多常见矿物（例如长石）会在风化过程中发展出微小坑洞。
• Research on composite support pattern of soil nails and prestressed anchors in deep foundation pits
  深基坑土钉和预应力锚杆复合支护方式的探讨
• 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。”
• 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。