pit
A hole in the groundA hole in the ground.
» He fell into the bottomless pit.
Он упал в бездонную яму.
Он провалился в преисподнюю.
Він упав до бездонної ями.
Значення
значень: 26A hole in the ground.
The meadow around the town is full of old pits.
Grube, Loch, Vertiefung
я́маjáma
я́маjáma
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
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.
(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
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.
A mine.
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.
Ausgrabung, Grabestelle, Grabung
A trading pit.
(розмовне)An armpit.
A luggage hold.
(злічуване)A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
Vertiefung, Loch, Grube
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
Narbe
The grave, underworld or Hell.
Hölle, Grab
An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
Kampfplatz
an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
Приклади
речень: 112He fell into the bottomless pit.
Він упав до бездонної ями.
ruОн упал в бездонную яму.
Tom jumped down into the pit.
Most people think that pit bulls are dangerous.
Tom had a queasy feeling in the pit of his stomach.
We pitted cherries for the pie.
ruМы вынимали косточки из вишен для пирога.
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 1
За значеннями 3
За значеннями 8
Походження
From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic *puti,From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus (“trench, pit, well”), although there are phonetic difficulties.
From Dutch pit (“kernel, core”), from Middle Dutch pitte, from Proto-Germanic *pittan (compare dialectal German Pfitze (“pimple”)), oblique of Proto-Germanic *piþō. Compare pith.
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Форми
множина: pitsСиноніми
синонімів: 23- a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate:quarrystone pit
- a trap in the form of a concealed hole:pitfall
- a sizeable hole (usually in the ground):cavity
- a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression):fossa
- a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it:colliery
- lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers:orchestra pit