pit
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A hole in the ground.
The meadow around the town is full of old pits.
- 2.
(motor racing) An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
Two drivers have already gone into the pit this early in the race.
- 3.
(music) The section of a marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to be marched, such as the tam-tam; the front ensemble. Can also refer to the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
- 4.
A mine.
- 5.
(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
- 6.
(trading) A trading pit.
- 7.
(colloquial)An armpit.
- 8.
(aviation) A luggage hold.
- 9.
(countable)A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
- 10.
The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
- 11.
The grave, underworld or Hell.
- 12.
An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
- 2.
(transitive)To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
- 3.
(transitive)To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?
2017 August 25, Aukkarapon Niyomyat & Panarat Thepgumpanat, "Thai junta seeks Yingluck's arrest as former PM skips court verdict", in reuters.com, Reuters That movement, pitted against a Bangkok-centered royalist and pro-military elite, has been at the heart of years of turmoil.
2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera Thaksin's ouster triggered years of upheaval and division that has pitted a poor, rural majority in the north that supports the Shinawatras against royalists, the military and their urban backers.
- 4.
(intransitive)(intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
- 5.
(transitive)To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.
- 6.
To use the PIT maneuver, especially during a car chase.
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From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from *puti, from Latin puteus (trench, pit, well), although there are phonetic difficulties.