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.
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 Town collection was housed as it deserved to be.