We dug a deep pit in the yard.

我们在院子中挖了个深洞。

《牛津词典》

And the people did as he commanded them, and in the corner of the Field of the Fullers, where no sweet herbs grew, they dug a deep pit, and laid the dead things within it.

人们于是按他的指令行事，在漂布地的一角，在没有任何香草生长的地方，他们挖了一个深坑，将尸体埋葬其中。

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Stepping off the road near the rise of a small ridge, they dug a pit and buried a stash of treasure in the ground.

在靠近一个小山脊的时候，他们向路旁走去，挖了一个洞，是的，那就是宝藏的归属之地。

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They were pit houses, dug partly underground.

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