n.

1. 窪坑，凹處；地窖
   Dig a pit and bury the garbage.

   挖一個坑把垃圾埋了。

2. 礦坑，煤礦；窯（如石灰窯）
   He worked all his life down the pit.

   他一生都在礦坑中工作。

3. 陷阱；圈套
4. 地獄；墓穴[the S]
5. 【英】（劇場）樓下正廳（尤指後座）；正廳後座觀眾
6. （劇場舞臺前的）樂隊池
7. 軀體凹部；腋窩
8. 麻子[P]
9. 【美】（交易所中）某種商品的交易場
10. （賽車中途的）加油站，修理站[the P]
11. 獸欄；鬥獸場；鬥雞場

vt.

1. 使成凹；挖坑於；使留下疤痕
   The surface of the moon is pitted with craters.

   月球表面因有環形山而變得坑坑窪窪。

2. 放入坑中；儲藏於地窖中；使掉入陷阱
   His face is pitted with smallpox.

   他的臉因天花而留下疤痕。

3. 使相鬥；使對立；使競爭[（+against）]
   The managers want to pit the champion against John.

   經理人想讓冠軍與約翰比賽。

vi.

1. 變麻臉
2. 留下凹痕
3. （賽車時）停車加油

n.

1. 【美】果核（如桃，杏等的核）

vt.

1. 【美】除去……的核

n.

1. a large hole in the ground.
   ▸a mine or excavation for coal or minerals.
   ▸a sunken area in a workshop floor allowing access to a car's underside.
2. a hollow or indentation in a surface.
3. an area at the side of a track where racing cars are serviced and refuelled.
4. short for orchestra pit (see orchestra).
5. (the pit) Brit. dated the seating at the back of the stalls of a theatre.
6. a part of the floor of an exchange in which a particular stock or commodity is traded.
7. chiefly historical an enclosure in which animals are made to fight:
   a bear pit.
8. (the pit) literary hell.
   ▸ (the pits) informal a very bad place or situation:

   this really is the pits!
9. Brit. informal a person's bed.

v.

1. (pit someone/thing against) set someone or something in conflict or competition with.
2. make a hollow or indentation in the surface of.
   ▸sink in or contract so as to form a hollow.
3. drive a racing car into the pit.

n.

v.