一、详细释义:


n.

井,深洞,深坑


例句:

The pit is full of foul and impure matter.

坑里满是难闻的、不干净的东西。


例句:

The children were playing in the sand pit.

孩子们在沙坑中玩耍。


煤矿,矿坑


例句:

I've got quite used to working in the pit.

在矿井工作我已经很习惯了。


例句:

It's a bleak look-out for the coal industry as the number of pit closures increases.

煤井关闭的数目日多,煤炭工业前景暗淡。


麻子;痘瘢

(赛车道旁的)修理加油站

(交易所中某一商品的)交易场所

v.

使有麻子;使有凹陷 [T]


例句:

The ground was pitted by the heavy rain.

大雨使场地变得坑坑洼洼。


例句:

His ankles look puffy and they pit when he presses them with his finger.

他的足踝好象肿了,用手按,就有小坑痕。


二、词义辨析:


hole,cave,cavity,hollow,pit

这些名词均有“洞、穴”之意。 hole最普通用词,泛指实体上的洞、孔或坑,不涉及其大小、深浅或穿透与否。 cave指出洞、窑洞或溶洞,可以是天然的或人造的。 cavity比hole正式,指实体内中或表面的空洞或空腔。 hollow通常指表面上的坑或凹处,也指物体内部的空洞。 pit指天然的大洞,尤指地上的洞,也指为采掘矿物而挖的深洞。


三、相关短语:


snake pit

蛇坑,恐怖的地方,混乱的局面


borrow pit

取土坑


chalk pit

白垩矿场


gravel pit

采砾坑


pit run

未筛的


pit-run gravel

滩砾


stone pit

n.石坑,采石场


pit bull terrier

n. 美洲叭喇狗,美洲嚣犬 比特犬,美国人繁殖出来的专业斗犬.


pit of the stomach

胸口, 心窝


pit viper

【医】 颊窝毒蛇(如响尾蛇、五步蛇、腹蛇等)


四、参考例句:


Dig a pit and bury the garbage.

挖一个坑把垃圾埋了。


Dig a pit and bury the garbage.

挖一个坑把垃圾埋了。


We dig a pit in the garden.

我们在花园里挖了个坑。


They dug a pit to bury the rubbish.

他们挖了一个坑把垃圾埋掉。


He was convicted of failing to muzzle a pit bull.

他因没有给一条比特犬戴口套而被判有罪。


The children were playing in the sand pit.

孩子们在沙坑中玩耍。


A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

吃一堑,长一智。


The pit is full of foul and impure matter.

坑里满是难闻的、不干净的东西。


The pit is ventilated by a steel fan.

矿井中用钢制通风机来保持空气流通。


A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

吃一堑,长一智。