1
- a large hole in the ground坑, 穴, 洼, 地洞。
1.1
- a large deep hole from which stones or minerals are dug矿坑, 矿窑, 矿井, 坑道。
1.2
- a coal mine煤窑。
1.3
- a sunken enclosure in which certain animals are kept in captivity（关野兽用的）栏, 圈, 场：
in combination a bear pit.熊圈。
1.5
- a sunken area in a workshop floor allowing access to a car's underside修车坑道。
1.6
- figurative a low or wretched psychological state〈喻〉绝境, 绝望的境地：
the service remains in a pit of despair.
服务仍旧极其令人失望。
1.7
the pit
poetic/literary hell〈诗/文〉地狱。
2
- an area reserved or enclosed for a specific activity, in particular为特定活动预留或圈围起来的地方, 尤指：
2.1
- an area at the side of a track where racing cars are serviced and refueled（赛车道旁的）检修加油站。
2.2
- a part of the floor of an exchange in which a particular stock or commodity is traded, typically by open outcry（交易所内特定股票或商品的）交易场。
2.3
- chiefly historical an enclosure in which animals are made to fight〈主史〉斗兽场。
2.4
the pit
Brit. dated the seating at the back of the stalls of a theatre〈英, 旧〉（剧场）正厅后座。
3
- a hollow or indentation in a surface凹, 窝。
3.1
- a small indentation left on the skin after smallpox, acne, or other diseases; a pockmark（天花, 痤疮等疾病留下的）痘凹, 麻点。
4
- Brit. informal a person's bed〈英, 非正式〉床。
5
- informal a person's armpit〈非正式〉（人的）腋窝。
(pitted, pitting)with obj.
1
pit someone/thing against
set someone or something in conflict or competition with使互斗, 使相斗, 使对抗, 使竞争, 使对立：a chance to pit herself against him.
一个使她能跟他竞争的机会。
1.1
- historical set an animal to fight against (another animal) for sport〈史〉使动物相斗（以取乐）。
- ORIGIN: because formerly set against each other in a 'pit'or enclosure.
2
- make a hollow or indentation in the surface of使有坑, 使凹陷：
rain poured down, pitting the bare earth.
雨水倾盆而下, 在光秃秃的地上打出一些小坑。
2.1
- no obj. sink in or contract so as to form a pit or hollow起凹陷。
3
- no obj. drive a racing car into the pits for fuel or maintenance（为加油或维修而将赛车）开入检修加油站。
短语
be the pits
- informal be extremely bad or the worst of its kind〈非正式〉非常糟糕, 最糟糕。
dig a pit for
- try to trap设陷阱。
the pit of one's （或the） stomach
- an ill-defined region of the lower abdomen regarded as the seat of strong feelings, especially anxiety胸口, 心窝。
词源
Old English pytt, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch put and German Pfütze, based on Latin puteus 'well, shaft'.