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pit HOLEpItn [C]a large hole in the ground, or a hollow in any surface坑They'd dug a shallow pit and left the bodies in it.他们挖了一个浅坑把尸体扔在里面。The roots are stored in open pits until needed.根存放在敞口坑待用。The holes were identified as ancient rubbish pits.这些洞被鉴定为古代的垃圾坑。These deep pits (= hollows) in the bone were caused by the disease syphilis.这些骨头里的深洞是由梅毒引起的。Digital information is imprinted on a compact disc in the form of microscopic rounded hollows called pits.数字信息以被称作纹孔的微型圆形凹穴印在光盘上。A pit can be a coal mine or an area of land from which a natural substance is taken by digging.矿a gravel/chalk pit一个砾石/白垩坑The miners were told that three pits would be closed.矿工们获悉有3 个矿井要被关闭。In the past, pit ponies (= small horses) used to pull carts down the mines.在过去，井下用小马把小车拉下矿井。In a theatre, the pit is the seats at the lowest level.正厅后座The pit (also orchestra pit) can also be the area in front of the stage where an ORCHESTRA (= group of musicians) sits.乐池(Br dated slang) It's late --I'm off to/going to my pit (= going to bed).很晚了，我要上床了。(slang disapproving) Your room is a complete pit (= is very untidy).你的房间是个乱窝。The pit of the stomach is the part of the body in which people say they feel fear.胸口I got a sick feeling/a knot in the pit of my stomach when the news of the attack was announced.当进攻的消息宣布时，我胸口很难受/打了个结。A pit bull (terrier) is a dog of a fierce, quite small breed that is used for fighting other dogs so that people can risk paying money to guess which one will win, and win more money back if they are right.斗狗 [ARMPIT, SANDPIT]
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