pit

• n. 矿井；深坑；陷阱；（物体或人体表面上的）凹陷；（英国剧场的）正厅后排；正厅后排的观众
• vt. 使竞争；窖藏；使凹下；去…之核；使留疤痕
• vi. 凹陷；起凹点
• n. (Pit)人名；(东南亚国家华语)必

来自古英语pytt,水坑，井，来自Proto-Germanic*puttjaz,水坑，井，借自拉丁语puteur,水坑，井，来自PIE*peue,清洗，纯化，词源同pure,purity.引申坑，井，洞，休息区等多种词义。

来自pith 拼写变体或对词。

pit

pit: English has two words pit. The older, ‘hole’ [OE], comes ultimately from Latin puteus ‘pit, well’ (source also of French puits ‘well, shaft’), but reached English via a Germanic route. It was borrowed in prehistoric times into West Germanic as *putti, which has evolved into German pfütze ‘pool’, Dutch put ‘pit’, and English pit. Pit ‘fruit-stone’ [19] may have been borrowed from Dutch pit, which goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic *pithan, source of English pith [OE].
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pit (n.1)

"hole, cavity," Old English pytt "water hole, well; pit, grave," from Proto-Germanic *puttjaz "pool, puddle" (cognates: Old Frisian pet, Old Saxon putti, Old Norse pyttr, Middle Dutch putte, Dutch put, Old High German pfuzza, German Pfütze "pool, puddle"), early borrowing from Latin puteus "well, pit, shaft." Meaning "abode of evil spirits, hell" is attested from early 13c. Pit of the stomach (1650s) is from the slight depression there between the ribs.

pit (v.)

mid-15c., "to put into a pit," from pit (n.1); especially for purposes of fighting (of cocks, dogs, pugilists) from 1760. Figurative sense of "to set in rivalry" is from 1754. Meaning "to make pits in" is from late 15c. Related: Pitted; pitting. Compare Pit-bull as a dog breed attested from 1922, short for pit-bull terrier (by 1912). This also is the notion behind the meaning "the part of a theater on the floor of the house" (1640s).

pit (n.2)

"hard seed," 1841, from Dutch pit "kernel, seed, marrow," from Middle Dutch pitte, ultimately from West Germanic *pithan-, source of pith (q.v.).

1. A gold mine is not a bottomless pit, the gold runs out.

金矿并非无底的宝藏，金子终究会被采光。

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2. He was convicted of failing to muzzle a pit bull.

他因没能给比特犬戴嘴套而被判有罪。

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3. He had to make four pit stops during the race.

他不得不在比赛过程中4次停车进站。

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4. I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.

我心头有种怪怪的感觉。

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5. The problem is we don't have a bottomless pit of resources.

问题是我们没有取之不尽的资源。

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