pit
坑,坑内,坑洞,坑位
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Definitions
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- : a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground: pits caused by erosion; clay pits.
- : a covered or concealed excavation in the ground, serving as a trap.
- : Mining. an excavation made in exploring for or removing a mineral deposit, as by open-cut methods.the shaft of a coal mine.the mine itself.
- : the abode of evil spirits and lost souls; hell: an evil inspiration from the pit.
- : the pits, Slang. an extremely unpleasant, boring, or depressing place, condition, person, etc.; the absolute worst: When you're alone, Christmas is the pits.
- : a hollow or indentation in a surface: glass flawed by pits.
- : a natural hollow or depression in the body: the pit of the back.
- : pits, Informal. the armpits: up to my pits in work.
- : a small, depressed scar, as one of those left on the skin after smallpox or chicken pox.
- : an enclosure, usually below the level of the spectators, as for staging fights between dogs, cocks, or, formerly, bears.
- : a part of the floor of the exchange where trading in a particular commodity takes place: the corn pit.
- : Architecture. all that part of the main floor of a theater behind the musicians.British.the main floor of a theater behind the stalls.orchestra.
- : a space below the level of the lowest floor served.
- : Auto Racing. an area at the side of a track, for servicing and refueling the cars.
- : Bowling. the sunken area of a bowling alley behind the pins, for the placement or recovery of pins that have been knocked down.
- : Track. the area forward of the takeoff point in a jumping event, as the broad jump or pole vault, that is filled with sawdust or soft earth to lessen the force of the jumper's landing.
- : the area or room of a casino containing gambling tables.
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pit·ted, pit·ting.
- : to mark or indent with pits or depressions: ground pitted by erosion.
- : to scar with pockmarks: His forehead was pitted by chicken pox.
- : to place or bury in a pit, as for storage.
- : to set in opposition or combat, as one against another.
- : to put in a pit or enclosure for fighting.
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pit·ted, pit·ting.
- : to become marked with pits or depressions.
- : to retain temporarily a mark of pressure, as by a finger, instrument, etc.
Phrases
- pit against
- the pits
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Not only does the ball shrink into a peach pit whenever it slaps against Leonard’s mighty hands, but everytime he steps on the court, he brings a game that’s been molded to dominate areas of the floor, placing an insoluble strain on the opposition.
He’s the leading figure in remaking old-line exchanges dominated by traders shouting bids from “open outcry pits” into electronic platforms.
“Any suggestion that my clients or I have any responsibility in the city’s decision to buy this money pit is a convenient political deflection,” he wrote in a statement.
Remains of fire pits were found not far from Border Cave’s former grass beds.
He thinks the arrangement of the pits — in a circle surrounding the henge — might mean they marked the boundary to some important space.
So what of the photograph of what the Senate report described as a “well-used waterboard” with buckets around it, at the Salt Pit?
He watched the pit grow bigger every month, despite the numerous reports he wrote about the facility.
He said he watched waste haulers back up to the pit and unleash torrents of watery muck.
In several reports he urged the pit operators to safeguard the birds.
Abarca allegedly battered Hernandez, who was then dumped in the pit.
With the management of these, however, the Earl of Pit Town did not trouble himself.
At length the great Pit Town collection was housed as it deserved to be.
Old Pit Town knows lots of good people, and would give us letters, I suppose.
Certes le capitaine Merveilles et ses gens monstrerent leur pit non vulgaire.
We never see such horrors now; and I actually envied Pit Town the possession of that picture.