pit stop

Word family adjectivepittednounpittingpittitepitfallpitheadpitmanpit ponypitproppit stoppit

Related topics: Other sports

ˈpit stop noun [countableC]

1. DSOa time when a driver in a car race stops in the pits to get more petrol or have repairs done 〔赛车在比赛中加油或维修的〕进站时间

2. make a pit stop American EnglishAmE informalTTC to stop when driving on a long journey, for food, petrol, or to go to the toilet 〔长途旅程中用餐、加油、上厕所等的〕中途停车

Examples from the Corpus

pit stop• But three factors suggest their stumbling Christmas represents a pit stop rather than the wheels coming off altogether.• Having reached Aulef and taken on water, that night was a pit stop.• The mistake was the result of an earlier pit stop in which his crew failed to fill his Chevrolet with enough gasoline.• Zanardi opened up a four-second gap over second-place Brian Herta, which Herta made up with a good pit stop.• McVeighty gambled on going the complete four laps on one tankful of petrol, while Bell made one pit stop.

单词	pit stop
释义	pit stop Word family adjectivepittednounpittingpittitepitfallpitheadpitmanpit ponypitproppit stoppit Related topics: Other sports ˈpit stop noun [countableC] 1. DSOa time when a driver in a car race stops in the pits to get more petrol or have repairs done 〔赛车在比赛中加油或维修的〕进站时间 2. make a pit stop American EnglishAmE informalTTC to stop when driving on a long journey, for food, petrol, or to go to the toilet 〔长途旅程中用餐、加油、上厕所等的〕中途停车 Examples from the Corpus pit stop• But three factors suggest their stumbling Christmas represents a pit stop rather than the wheels coming off altogether.• Having reached Aulef and taken on water, that night was a pit stop.• The mistake was the result of an earlier pit stop in which his crew failed to fill his Chevrolet with enough gasoline.• Zanardi opened up a four-second gap over second-place Brian Herta, which Herta made up with a good pit stop.• McVeighty gambled on going the complete four laps on one tankful of petrol, while Bell made one pit stop.
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