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煤礦；礦井
A pit is a coal mine.
例句
It was a better community then when all the pits were working.
所有的煤礦都在開工的那個時候，這個社區(qū)的情況要更好一些。
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（地面的）坑，洼；（地下的）穴，洞
A pit is a large hole that is dug in the ground.
例句
Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit.
埃里克一腳踩空，開始往坑里滑。
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（挖出沙礫或黏土后留下的）坑，窯
A gravel pit or clay pit is a very large hole that is left where gravel or clay has been dug from the ground.
例句
This area of former farmland was worked as a gravel pit until 1964.
這塊過去曾是農(nóng)田的地1964年前一直被用作沙礫坑。
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VERB
使相斗；使對立；使競爭
If two opposing things or people are pitted against one another, they are in conflict.
例句
You will be pitted against people who are every bit as good as you are...
你將和與你勢均力敵的對手展開競爭。
This was one man pitted against the universe.
這是一個人挑戰(zhàn)整個宇宙。
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N-PLURAL
（賽車道旁的）檢修加油站
In motor racing, the pits are the areas at the side of the track where drivers stop to get more fuel and to repair their cars during races.
例句
He moved quickly into the pits and climbed rapidly out of the car.
他迅速進入檢修加油站，飛快地爬出賽車。
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N-PLURAL
極糟糕的情況
If you describe something as the pits, you mean that it is extremely bad.
例句
Mary Ann asked him how dinner had been. 'The pits,' he replied.
瑪麗·安問他晚餐怎么樣，他回答說：“糟透了。”
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（水果或蔬菜的）核
A pit is the stone of a fruit or vegetable.
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PHRASE
與…斗智
If you pit your wits against someone, you compete with them in a test of knowledge or intelligence.
例句
I'd like to pit my wits against the best.
我希望同最優(yōu)秀的對手斗智。
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PHRASE
胸口；心窩
If you have a feeling in the pit of your stomach, you have a tight or sick feeling in your stomach, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
例句
I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.
我心頭有種怪怪的感覺。