英语词汇“pit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

pitpit1 /pɪt/ ●●○ noun

ETYMOLOGYpit¹

Origin: (1, 2) Old English pytt

1HOLE [countable] a)a hole in the ground, especially one made by digging: He dug a deep pit in the ground. a barbecue pit b)a large hole in the ground from which stones or minerals have been dug SYN quarry: a gravel pit2MARK [countable] a)a small hollow mark in the surface of something: tiny scratches and pits in the windshield b)a small hollow mark that is left on your face by acne or some diseases → see also pitted3MESSY PLACE [singular] spoken a house or room that is dirty, messy, or in bad condition: Eric’s house is a total pit.4IN FRUIT [countable] science, biology the single large hard seed in some fruits: a peach pit5in the pit of your stomach if you feel an emotion in the pit of your stomach, you experience it strongly, often as a bad feeling in your stomach: a feeling of panic in the pit of his stomach6be the pits spoken informal used to say that something is extremely bad: This place is the pits.7BAD SITUATION the/a pit of something literary a situation in which a particular bad quality is too common, or a bad feeling is extremely strong: the pit of despair8BODY PART [countable] informal an armpit9IN A THEATER [countable] an orchestra pit10CAR RACING the pit/pits the place beside the track where cars can come in during a race to be quickly repaired or to get more gasoline → see also pit stop11BUSINESS [countable] the area of a stock exchange where people buy and sell stocks12IN A GARAGE [countable] a hole in the floor of a garage that lets you get under a car to repair it13the pit (of Hell) (also the fiery pit) biblical Hell[Origin: (1, 2) Old English pytt] → see also money pit at money (10), mosh pit

noun | verb

pitpit2 verb (pitted, pitting)

VERB TABLE

pit

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	pit
	he, she, it	pits
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	pitted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have pitted
	he, she, it	has pitted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had pitted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will pit
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have pitted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am pitting
	he, she, it	is pitting
	you, we, they	are pitting
Past	I, he, she, it	was pitting
	you, we, they	were pitting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been pitting
	he, she, it	has been pitting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been pitting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be pitting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been pitting

1[transitive] to take out the single hard seed inside some fruits: Peel and pit two avocados.2[transitive usually passive] to put small marks or holes in the surface of something, or to consist of these marks or holes: Potholes pitted the street.3[intransitive] to stop in a car race to get gasoline or to have your car repaired → see also pittedpit somebody/something against somebody/something phrasal verb1to make someone compete or fight against someone else: The idea has pitted farmers, developers, and environmentalists against each other.2if you pit yourself or your skills, wits, etc. against someone or something, you use your skill, strength, knowledge, etc. to deal with or compete against him, her, or it: The teams will be pitting their skills against competitors from around the world.pit out phrasal verb slang pit something ↔ out to sweat so much that your clothes become wet under your arms