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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

pits
  1. 1. noun [slang] 腋窝通常是粗鲁语)
  2. 2. noun [slang] 相当不好的东西(与the连用
  3. 3. noun [slang] 极度绝望(与the连用通常例子那样与in一起使用

Collins English-English Dictionary

pits [pɪts]
  1. 1. pl n [Etymology] C20: perhaps shortened from armpits

Examples

a hit list of pits to be closed hit list
铸件上有麻点。
There are pits in the casting.
吐核儿
spit out the pips, stone or pits
矿工们下到坑井里工作是很辛苦的。
Working in mining pits is very hard for miners. 坑井
打过下班铃后, 井下的工人们就从坑口上来了。
After the knock-off bell, workers came up from the mining pits. 坑口
如今大力提倡种地使用农家肥, 所以村里又建了2个新的沤粪池子。
Nowadays, farmyard manure has been advocated for cultivation, so the villagers built two more waterlogged manure pits. 沤粪
每逢雨季, 村里的土坑就成了泥潭。
The pits in the earth of the village turn to mud puddles in every rainy season. 土坑
窑场附近都是窑坑 , 雨天容易积水。
There are pits dotted around the brick kiln, water collects in them after rain. 窑坑
山坡上满是鱼鳞坑, 大概是用来种树的。
Fish-scale pits are everywhere on the hill. They are probably used to plant trees. 鱼鳞坑

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