pit
US: /ˈpɪt/
UK: /pˈɪt/
UK: /pˈɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
pit /pit/
- danh từ
- hồ
- hầm khai thác, nơi khai thác
- hầm bẫy, hố bẫy (thú rừng...) ((cũng) pifall)
- to dig a pit for someone: (nghĩa bóng) đặt bẫy ai, định đưa ai vào bẫy
- (như) cockpit
- (giải phẫu) hố, hốc, ổ, lõm
- the pit of the stomach: lõm thượng vị
- lỗ rò (bệnh đậu mùa)
- chỗ ngồi hạng nhì; khán giả ở hạng nhì (trong rạp hát)
- trạm tiếp xăng thay lốp (trong một cuộc đua ô tô)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) phòng giao dịch mua bán
- (the pit) địa ngục, âm ti ((cũng) the pit of helt)
- ngoại động từ
- để (rau...) xuống hầm trữ lương thực
- thả (hai con gà) vào sân chọi cho chọi nhau; (nghĩa bóng) đưa (ai) ra đọ sức với
- to pit someone against someone: đưa ai ra đọ sức với ai
- làm cho bị rỗ
- a face pitted with smallpox: mặt rỗ vì đậu mùa
- nội động từ
- giữ vết lằn (của ngón tay... khi ấn vào) (da, thịt...)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
deep hole
1 [C] a large deep hole in the ground: We dug a deep pit in the yard. + The body had been dumped in a pit.
2 [C] (especially in compounds) a deep hole in the ground from which minerals are dug out: a chalk / gravel pit
mine
3 [C] = COAL MINE: pit closures + (BrE) He went down the pit (= started work as a miner) when he left school.
in skin
4 a small shallow hole in the surface of sth, especially a mark left on the surface of the skin by some disease, such as CHICKENPOX
See also -
in fruit
5 (especially AmE) = STONE (5): a peach pit
in motor racing
6 (the pits) [pl.] (BrE) (AmE the pit [C]) a place near the track where cars can stop for fuel, new tyres, etc. during a race
See also -
in theatre
7 = ORCHESTRA PIT
part of body
8 (AmE, informal) = ARMPIT
in business
9 (AmE) the area of a STOCK EXCHANGE where a particular product is traded: the corn pit
Compare: FLOOR (6)
See also -
Idioms: be the pits (informal) to be very bad or the worst example of sth
the pit of your / the stomach the bottom of the stomach where people say they feel strong feelings, especially fear: He had a sudden sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.
more at BOTTOMLESS
+ verb (-tt-) [VN] [usually passive]
make holes
1 to make marks or holes on the surface of sth: The surface of the moon is pitted with craters. + Smallpox scars had pitted his face.
fruit
2 = STONE (2): pitted dates / olives
Phrasal Verbs: pit sb/sth against sth to test sb or their strength, intelligence, etc. in a struggle or contest against sb/sth else: Lawyers and accountants felt that they were being pitted against each other. + a chance to pit your wits against the world champions (= in a test of your intelligence)(also pit)
+ noun
the place in a theatre just in front of the stage where the orchestra sits and plays for an opera, a ballet, etc.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 hole, excavation, shaft, cavity, mine, mine-shaft, quarry, working, ditch, trench, trough:
Pits had been dug for the extraction of gravel.
2 pothole, hollow, depression, dent, indentation, dimple, pock-mark:
His face was disfigured by the pits left by teenage acne.
3 abyss, chasm, well, crevasse, crater:
We found a bottomless pit that led to the centre of the earth.
4 the pits. awful, terrible, the worst, Slang lousy:
That TV show last night was the pits. He thought that going to school was the pits.
v.
5 dent, pock-mark, dig, scar, hollow out, gouge:
The salt air has pitted the metal parts of my car.
6 Often, pit against. match, oppose, set against; contrast:
Shirley doesn't stand a chance if they pit her against Maria.
n.
stone, seed, pip:
I prefer seedless grapes, the ones without pits.
Collocation dictionary
1 hole
ADJ.
deep, shallow | bottomless | black, dark | chalk, gravel
a disused gravel pit
VERB + PIT
dig
2 coal mine
ADJ.
open
They extract the mineral from open pits and underground mines.
VERB + PIT
go down
He went down the pit at the age of fifteen.
PIT + NOUN
village
There's no more work in these pit villages.
| closure
PREP.
in a/the ~
Most boys in the village worked in the pits.
Concise English dictionary
pitted|pitting|pitspɪt
noun
+a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
+a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
+the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
+(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
+a trap in the form of a concealed hole
+a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
+lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
+a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
verb
+set into opposition or rivalry
+mark with a scar
+remove the pits from
