Pit

(noun.) a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; 'a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit''.

(noun.) a trap in the form of a concealed hole.

(noun.) (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled.

(noun.) (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on.

(noun.) an enclosure in which animals are made to fight.

(noun.) a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); 'they dug a pit to bury the body'.

(noun.) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression).

(verb.) remove the pits from; 'pit plums and cherries'.

(verb.) set into opposition or rivalry; 'let them match their best athletes against ours'; 'pit a chess player against the Russian champion'; 'He plays his two children off against each other'.

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• Is our dress a pit-dress or a gallery-dress ma'am? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The above is sufficient for two pads, which should be made into an oblong or diamond shape, with linen or muslin, and worn over the pit of the stomach. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The purpose is to take care of the misdirected balls that roll off the bed before reaching the pit. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• At the pins end of the bed, this forms one of the sides and the bottom of the pit. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This was the pit furthest in the country, near the woods. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• A more authentic tradition, aided by the geography of the country, places the pit in Dothan, some two days' journey from here. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Those few hundreds of French gentlefolk fell into a pit that most of them had been well content should exist for others. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It was expected in case of necessity to connect these forts by rifle-pits. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But worst of all, the door leading to the pits where I had hidden my Princess was ajar. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• He ordered me to be thrown into one of the great pits in the inner gardens. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I likewise felt several slender ligatures across my body, from my arm-pits to my thighs. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• If one wishes the pits may be left uncovered, in which case something like a foot of the ensilage will decay and form a covering and protection for that beneath. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• To the west there was a line of rifle pits some two miles back from the river at the farthest point. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• It appeared to have become a perfect passion with Mrs Flintwinch, that the only son should be pitted against them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• She is twenty-nine; her face is much pitted with the small-pox. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I felt that fate had pitted me against this man, and one of us must fall. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He then bared his legs and arms, and they were literally pitted with scars, due to the use of hypodermic syringes. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Against the long canines of the ape was pitted the thin blade of the man's knife. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• There are men pitted against men, and against beasts for the edification of Issus and the replenishment of her larder. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I am not fit to be pitted against you to-night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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