詞彙精選:pit的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
井,深洞,深坑
例句:
The pit is full of foul and impure matter.
坑裏滿是難聞的、不乾淨的東西。
例句:
The children were playing in the sand pit.
孩子們在沙坑中玩耍。
煤礦,礦坑
例句:
I've got quite used to working in the pit.
在礦井工作我已經很習慣了。
例句:
It's a bleak look-out for the coal industry as the number of pit closures increases.
煤井關閉的數目日多,煤炭工業前景暗淡。
麻子;痘瘢
(賽車道旁的)修理加油站
(交易所中某一商品的)交易場所
v.
使有麻子;使有凹陷 [T]
例句:
The ground was pitted by the heavy rain.
大雨使場地變得坑坑窪窪。
例句:
His ankles look puffy and they pit when he presses them with his finger.
他的足踝好象腫了,用手按,就有小坑痕。
二、詞義辨析:
hole,cave,cavity,hollow,pit
這些名詞均有“洞、穴”之意。hole最普通用詞,泛指實體上的洞、孔或坑,不涉及其大小、深淺或穿透與否。cave指出洞、窯洞或溶洞,可以是天然的或人造的。cavity比hole正式,指實體內中或表面的空洞或空腔。hollow通常指表面上的坑或凹處,也指物體內部的空洞。 pit指天然的大洞,尤指地上的洞,也指爲採掘礦物而挖的深洞。
三、相關短語:
snake pit
蛇坑,恐怖的地方,混亂的局面
borrow pit
取土坑
chalk pit
白堊礦場
gravel pit
採礫坑
pit run
未篩的
pit-run gravel
灘礫
stone pit
n.石坑,採石場
pit bull terrier
n. 美洲叭喇狗,美洲囂犬比特犬,美國人繁殖出來的專業鬥犬.
pit of the stomach
胸口, 心窩
pit viper
【醫】 頰窩毒蛇(如響尾蛇、五步蛇、腹蛇等)
四、參考例句:
Dig a pit and bury the garbage.
挖一個坑把垃圾埋了。
Dig a pit and bury the garbage.
挖一個坑把垃圾埋了。
We dig a pit in the garden.
我們在花園裏挖了個坑。
They dug a pit to bury the rubbish.
他們挖了一個坑把垃圾埋掉。
He was convicted of failing to muzzle a pit bull.
他因沒有給一條比特犬戴口套而被判有罪。
The children were playing in the sand pit.
孩子們在沙坑中玩耍。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一塹,長一智。
The pit is full of foul and impure matter.
坑裏滿是難聞的、不乾淨的東西。
The pit is ventilated by a steel fan.
礦井中用鋼製通風機來保持空氣流通。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一塹,長一智。