pit

[美](桃, 枣等水果的)核

pit 1

坑；地坑

矿坑；煤矿

（赛车场中的）修理处，加油站

（汽车修理间里的）长形地沟

（动物园中的）兽笼， 兽栏，斗兽场

期货交易场

躯体凹部；胸口

pit of the stomach

麻子；天花疤

（剧场里的）乐池 (= orchestra pit)

pit 2

（给果实）去核

使留下疤痕，使留下伤痕

（常与against连用）相斗；抗衡

pit one person against another

pit

深坑, 深渊, 陷阱, （物体或人体表面上的）凹陷, (英国剧场的)正厅后排、正厅后排的观众

窖藏, 使凹下, 去...之核, 使留疤痕, 使竞争

起凹点, 凹陷

pit

a large, usually deep opening in the ground

a mine or excavation with a shaft, esp for coal.the shaft in a mine.(as modifier)

a concealed danger or difficulty

Also called: orchestra pit the area that is occupied by the orchestra in a theatre, located in front of the stage

an enclosure for fighting animals or birds, esp gamecocks

a small natural depression on the surface of a body, organ, structure, or part; fossa.the floor of any natural bodily cavity

a small indented scar at the site of a former pustule; pockmark

any of various small areas in a plant cell wall that remain unthickened when the rest of the cell becomes lignified, esp the vascular tissue

a working area at the side of a motor-racing track for servicing or refuelling vehicles

a section on the floor of a commodity exchange devoted to a special line of trading

a rowdy card game in which players bid for commodities

an area of sand or other soft material at the end of a long-jump approach, behind the bar of a pole vault, etc, on which an athlete may land safely

the ground floor of the auditorium of a theatre

a slang word for beda slang word for bedroom

another word for pitfall

to match in opposition, esp as antagonists

to mark or become marked with pits

to place or bury in a pit

See pits

pit

the stone of a cherry, plum, etc

to extract the stone from (a fruit)

pit

a Scot word for put

pit

1. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"

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2. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

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3. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"

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4. a trap in the form of a concealed hole

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5. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"

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6. lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

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7. a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

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1. set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"

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2. mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

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3. remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"

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