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单词 pit-hole
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pit-holen.

Brit. /ˈpɪthəʊl/, U.S. /ˈpɪtˌ(h)oʊl/
Forms: see pit n.1 and hole n.; also English regional (Suffolk) 1900s– pet-hole.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pit n.1, hole n.
Etymology: < pit n.1 + hole n.
1. A hole forming a pit; a pit-like hollow or cavity. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun]
dalea800
piteOE
dike847
hollowc897
hole946
seathc950
delfOE
hollc1050
ditchc1275
lakec1320
holetc1380
slacka1500
dell1531
vault1535
pit-hole1583
delve1590
lough1672
sinusa1676
gap1696
self-lough1700
scoop1780
cup1819
1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 129 We will make a pitte hole, and there cast our nuttes.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 525 Buds sprouting forth vnder the concauity or pit-hole of the foresaid ioints.
a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeeee4/1 I have knowne a Lady sicke of the small Pockers, onely to keepe her face from Pitholes, take cold, strike them in againe, kick up the heeles, and vanish.
1693 T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 293 Full of little Pit-Holes, like the Cap of a Thimble.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvi. 243 A black bog..full of large pit-holes . View more context for this quotation
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone III. vi. 99 There was just room between the fringe of reed and the belt of rock around it for a man going very carefully to escape that horrible pit-hole.
1946 J. W. Day Harvest Adventure iv. 49 The next stand was on the brow of the carrot field with a pit-hole in front, hidden by gorse and old, rooty heather.
1978 K. Acker Blood & Guts in High School 52 This world is a pit-hole and a garbage dump.
2003 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 6 June 8 When you are walking around you find lots of pit holes. This is so dangerous for the disabled and blind alike.
2. A grave. Now English regional (Suffolk).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun]
buriels854
througheOE
burianOE
graveOE
lairc1000
lair-stowc1000
lich-restc1000
pitOE
grass-bedOE
buriness1175
earth housec1200
sepulchrec1200
tombc1300
lakec1320
buriala1325
monumenta1325
burying-place1382
resting placea1387
sepulturea1387
beda1400
earth-beda1400
longhousea1400
laystow1452
lying1480
delfa1500
worms' kitchen?a1500
bier1513
laystall1527
funeral?a1534
lay-bed1541
restall1557
cellarc1560
burying-grave1599
pit-hole1602
urn1607
cell1609
hearse1610
polyandrum1627
requietory1631
burial-place1633
mortuary1654
narrow cell1686
ground-sweat1699
sacred place1728
narrow house1792
plot1852
narrow bed1854
1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. E2v That's your way, and this Pit-hole's mine; if I can scape hence, why so; if not, hee that's hang'd. is neerer to heauen by halfe a score steps then hee that dyes in a bed.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) iv. sig. F2v Alexander, that thought the world Too narrow for him, in the end had but his pit-hole.
1716 G. Duckett Homerides 31 By eating of bad Vittals, Our Men were daily put in Pit-holes.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 395 It is common to fright children into taking of their physic by telling them that else they must be put into the pit hole.
1892 Parry Story of Dick vi. 66 in G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. (1893) 119 They lies, the two on 'em, the fourth and fifth i' the second row, for I dug pit-holes for 'em.
1896 G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. (at cited word) Baby's dead, and gone in the pit-hole.
1960 A. O. D. Claxton Suffolk Dial. 20th Cent. (ed. 2) 61 Pithole, the grave, especially used by or to children.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pit-holev.

Forms: see pit-hole n.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pit-hole n.
Etymology: < pit-hole n.
Obsolete.
transitive. To bury (a person).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > bury or entomb [verb (transitive)]
bedelveOE
begraveOE
burya1000
beburyc1000
bifel-ec1000
layc1000
to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleepOE
tombc1275
gravec1300
inter1303
rekec1330
to lap in leadc1340
to lay to rest, abed, to bed1340
lie1387
to louk in clay (lead, etc.)?a1400
to lay lowa1425
earthc1450
sepulture1490
to put awaya1500
tyrea1500
mould1530
to graith in the grave1535
ingrave1535
intumulate1535
sepult1544
intumil?c1550
yird1562
shrinea1566
infera1575
entomb1576
sepelite1577
shroud1577
funeral1578
to load with earth1578
delve1587
to lay up1591
sepulchrize1595
pit-hole1607
infuneral1610
mool1610
inhumate1612
inurna1616
inhume1616
pit1621
tumulate1623
sepulchrea1626
turf1628
underlay1639
urna1657
to lay to sleep, asleep1701
envaulta1745
plant1785
ensepulchre1820
sheugh1839
to put under1879
to lay away1885
1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine i. B j b All my friends were pitt~hold, gone to Graues.
1611 G. Chapman May-day iii. 43 I would see her pithole [d] , afore I would deale with her.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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