- [countable]
a large deep hole in the ground 深洞；深坑 We dug a deep pit in the yard. 我们在院子中挖了个深洞。 The body had been dumped in a pit. 尸体被扔进了深坑。 - (figurative)
The human mind is a dark, bottomless pit. 人的思想是一个深不可测的黑洞。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- bottomless
- …
- dig
- [countable]
(especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词 a deep hole in the ground from which minerals are dug out 矿井 a chalk/gravel pit 白垩／沙砾矿坑
Extra ExamplesThey extract the mineral from open pits and underground mines. 他们在露天矿和地下矿井开采矿物。 a disused gravel pit 废弃的采石坑
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- bottomless
- …
- dig
- (also coal mine)[countable]
a place underground where coal is dug 矿井 pit closures 煤矿关闭 - (British English)
He went down the pit (= started work as a miner) when he left school. 他中学一毕业就当矿工了。
Extra ExamplesMost boys in the town worked in the pits. 镇上的大多数男孩在矿井里工作。 There's no more work in these pit villages. 这些矿井村里再没有活儿干了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- open
- go down
- village
- closure
- in a/the pit
- [countable]
a small shallow hole in the surface of something, especially a mark left on the surface of the skin by some disease, such as chickenpox 麻子；痘瘢 - (especially North American English) (also stone especially in British English)[countable]
a hard shell containing the nut or seed in the middle of some types of fruit 果核 a peach pit 桃核
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- apricot
- peach
- etc.
- …
- remove
- the pits[plural] (British English)(North American English usually the pit [countable])
a place near the track where cars can stop for fuel, new tyres, etc. during a race （赛车道旁的）维修站 - (also orchestra pit)[countable]
the place in a theatre just in front of the stage where the orchestra sits and plays for an opera, a ballet, etc. 乐池， 乐队席 （舞台前乐队演奏的地方） - [countable] (North American English, informal)
an armpit (= the part of the body under the arm where it joins the shoulder) 凹坑： 腋窝 - [countable] (North American English)
the area of a stock exchange where a particular product is traded （交易所中某一商品的）交易场所 the corn pit 玉米交易厅
see also sandpit
deep hole深洞
mine矿
in skin皮肤
in fruit水果
in motor racing汽车赛
in theatre剧场
part of body身体部位
in business商业
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 4 and noun senses 6 to 9,Old English pytt, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch put and German Pfütze, based on Latin puteus ‘well, shaft’. noun sense 5 mid 19th cent.: apparently from Dutch; related to pith.
Idioms
be the pits
- (informal)
to be very bad or the worst example of something 是坏典型；是拙劣典型；最糟糕
a bottomless pit (of something)
the pit of your/the stomach