pit

I 1. [pɪt]

nome

1) (for storage, weapons, bodies) fossa f., buca f.

2) (hollow) cavità f., depressione f.

the pit of the stomach — la bocca dello stomaco

3) (trap) trappola f.

4) aut. (at garage) fossa f. di riparazione; (at racetrack) box m.

5) min. miniera f.

6) (quarry) cava f.

7) teatr. platea f.

orchestra pit — golfo mistico

8) AE (in peach, olive) nocciolo m.

2.

modificatore min. [strike] dei minatori; [village] di minatori; [disaster] in miniera

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it's the pits! — colloq. (of place, workplace) è un inferno!

II 1. [pɪt]

verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -tt-)

1) (in struggle)

to pit sb. against — opporre qcn. a

the match will pit Italy against Spain — l'incontro vede l'Italia contro la Spagna

2) (mark) bucherellare, fare buchi in [surface, stone]

3) AE (remove stones from) snocciolare, denocciolare [peach, olive]

2.

verbo riflessivo (forma in -ing ecc. -tt-)

to pit oneself against sb. — misurarsi con qcn

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I 1. [pit] noun

1) (a large hole in the ground: The campers dug a pit for their rubbish.)

2) (a place from which minerals are dug, especially a coal-mine: a chalk-pit; He works at/down the pit.)

3) (a place beside a motor race track for repairing and refuelling racing cars: The leading car has gone into the pit(s).)

2. verb

((with against) to set (a person or thing) against another in a fight, competition etc: He was pitted against a much stronger man.)

- pitfall

II 1. [pit] noun

(the hard stone of a peach, cherry etc.)

2. verb

(to remove the stone from (a peach, cherry etc).)

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I 1. [pɪt]

nome

1) (for storage, weapons, bodies) fossa f., buca f.

2) (hollow) cavità f., depressione f.

the pit of the stomach — la bocca dello stomaco

3) (trap) trappola f.

4) aut. (at garage) fossa f. di riparazione; (at racetrack) box m.

5) min. miniera f.

6) (quarry) cava f.

7) teatr. platea f.

orchestra pit — golfo mistico

8) AE (in peach, olive) nocciolo m.

2.

modificatore min. [strike] dei minatori; [village] di minatori; [disaster] in miniera

••

it's the pits! — colloq. (of place, workplace) è un inferno!

II 1. [pɪt]

verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -tt-)

1) (in struggle)

to pit sb. against — opporre qcn. a

the match will pit Italy against Spain — l'incontro vede l'Italia contro la Spagna

2) (mark) bucherellare, fare buchi in [surface, stone]

3) AE (remove stones from) snocciolare, denocciolare [peach, olive]

2.

verbo riflessivo (forma in -ing ecc. -tt-)

to pit oneself against sb. — misurarsi con qcn