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单词 pit
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pit
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A pit is a hole in the ground, like the one in Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” that the narrator tries not to fall into. A pit can also be smaller indentation. There’s also a pit hiding inside a peach.
Pit is a word with a wide variety of meanings. There's the pit you dig on the beach as a moat for your sandcastle, and the pit a hunter digs for trapping an animal. Then there's the sunken area of a performance hall where musicians play, an orchestra pit, and the area that's reserved for certain activity, like the trading pit at a stock exchange. Finally, a pit is also a large, hard seed — like a peach pit.
WORD FAMILY
pit: pits, pitted, pitting+/pitting: pittings
USAGE EXAMPLES
The restrictions include bans on wood in fireplaces and outdoor fire pits.
Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016)
The biggest game of the week pits the Packers against the Lions for the NFC North title.
Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016)
Their showdown pits the Tigers’ mostly aerial attack against a Buckeyes offense that dominates with a punishing ground game and the run-pass option.
Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016)
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1n a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
they dug a pit to bury the body
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
cavity
trou-de-loup
a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy
barbecue pit
a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat
borrow pit
a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site
divot
(golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke
fire pit
a pit whose floor is incandescent lava
quicksand
a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
sandpit
a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug
sawpit
a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw
tar pit
a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved
hole, hollow
a depression hollowed out of solid matter
2n a trap in the form of a concealed hole
Syn|Hyper
pitfall
trap
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
3n a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
Syn|Hyper
colliery
work, workplace
a place where work is done
4n a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
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quarry, stone pit
chalk pit, chalkpit
a quarry for chalk
gravel pit
a quarry for gravel
excavation
a hole in the ground made by excavating
5n lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
Syn|Hyper
orchestra pit
area
a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
6n (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
Hyper
area
a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
7n (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
Hyper
area
a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
8n a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
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fossa
glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa
the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa
a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach
a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
bodily cavity, cavity, cavum
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
a shape that curves or bends inward
9v mark with a scar
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
mark, pock, scar
mark, nock, score
make small marks into the surface of
pockmark
mark with or as if with pockmarks
cicatrise, cicatrize
form a scar, after an injury
blemish, deface, disfigure
mar or spoil the appearance of
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1n (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
a demon from the depths of the pit
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Hell, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, perdition
Heaven
the abode of God and the angels
Gehenna, Tartarus
a place where the wicked are punished after death
hellfire, red region
a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned
fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place
a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
2n an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
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cockpit
a pit for cockfights
enclosure
a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose
3v set into opposition or rivalry
pit a chess player against the Russian champion
Syn|Hyper
match, oppose, play off
confront, face
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
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1n the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
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endocarp, stone
peach pit
the stone seed of a peach
cherry stone
the stone seed of a cherry
pericarp, seed vessel
the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
2v remove the pits from
pit plums and cherries
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stone
remove, take, take away, withdraw
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
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