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1 pit
I 1. [pɪt]1) (for storage, weapons, bodies) fossa f., buca f.2) (hollow) cavità f., depressione f.3) (trap) trappola f.5) min. miniera f.6) (quarry) cava f.7) teatr. platea f.8) AE (in peach, olive) nocciolo m.2.••II 1. [pɪt]it's the pits! — colloq. (of place, workplace) è un inferno!
to pit sb. against — opporre qcn. a
2) (mark) bucherellare, fare buchi in [surface, stone]3) AE (remove stones from) snocciolare, denocciolare [peach, olive]2.to pit oneself against sb. — misurarsi con qcn
* * *I 1. [pit] noun1) (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.)- pitfallII 1. [pit] noun(the hard stone of a peach, cherry etc.)2. verb(to remove the stone from (a peach, cherry etc).)* * *I 1. [pɪt]1) (for storage, weapons, bodies) fossa f., buca f.2) (hollow) cavità f., depressione f.3) (trap) trappola f.5) min. miniera f.6) (quarry) cava f.7) teatr. platea f.8) AE (in peach, olive) nocciolo m.2.••II 1. [pɪt]it's the pits! — colloq. (of place, workplace) è un inferno!
to pit sb. against — opporre qcn. a
2) (mark) bucherellare, fare buchi in [surface, stone]3) AE (remove stones from) snocciolare, denocciolare [peach, olive]2.to pit oneself against sb. — misurarsi con qcn
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2 ♦ stone
♦ stone /stəʊn/A n. [uc]1 pietra; sasso; ciottolo: as hard as stone, duro come la pietra; He has a heart of stone, ha il cuore di pietra; worked stone, pietra lavorata; within (o at) a stone's throw, a un tiro di schioppo; a breve distanza3 ( di frutta) nocciolo; osso (fam.): to remove the stones from plums, cavare il nocciolo alle prugne; a cherry stone, l'osso di una ciliegia5 (med.) calcolo; calcoli: He was operated on for stones, è stato operato di calcoli NOTA D'USO: - calculi o stones?-10 (spesso inv. al pl.) «stone» ( misura di peso ingl., pari a 14 libbre o a kg 6,350 circa): He weighs ten stone ( o stones), pesa 63 kilogrammi e mezzoB a.● the Stone Age, l'età della pietra □ stone-axe, mazza da spaccapietre □ (zool.) stone-bass, cernia di scoglio □ stone-blind, cieco come una talpa; ( slang USA) sbronzo □ (zool.) stone-borer ( Lithophaga lithophaga), litofaga □ (bot.) stone-break ( Saxifraga), sassifraga □ stone-breaker, spaccapietre; (mecc.) frantoio di pietre ( macchina) □ (fam. USA) stone-broke, rovinato; spiantato □ (zool.) stone-buck ► steenbok □ (tecn.) stone china, litoceramica; gres bianco per pavimentazione □ (edil.) stone cladding, rivestimento in pietra □ (edil.) stone cleaning, ripulitura delle pareti esterne □ (miner.) stone-coal, antracite □ stone-cold, freddo come il marmo; gelido □ (fam.) stone-cold sober, lucidissimo; del tutto sobrio □ (zool.) stone-curlew ( Burhinus oedicnemus), occhione □ stone-cutter, scalpellino; tagliapietre; macchina per tagliare la pietra □ stone-cutting, lavorazione della pietra □ stone-dead, morto stecchito □ stone-deaf, sordo come una campana □ stone-dresser, operaio (o macchina) che squadra le pietre ( per l'edilizia) □ (zool.) stone-eater = stone-borer ► sopra □ (zool.) stone falcon (o stone hawk) ( Falco columbarius) smeriglio □ stone fence, muretto di pietra; ( USA) miscela di whisky e cedrata □ stone-ground, di grano macinato ( con le macine di pietra) □ (edil.) stone hammer, martellina □ a stone jar, una brocca di porcellana dura □ (zool.) stone marten, faina □ stone merchant, commerciante in pietre e marmi ( per giardini, ecc.); marmista □ (ind. costr.) stone pavement, lastrico; lastricato □ (bot.) stone-pine, ( Pinus pinea) pino domestico (o da pinoli); ( Pinus cembra) (pino) cembro □ stone pit (o stone quarry), cava di pietre □ stone-pitch, pece dura □ (zool.) stone-plover, piviere, occhione ( o altro uccello che vive in zone pietrose) □ (geol.) stone ring, anello di pietre □ stone saw, sega da pietre □ stone wall, (edil.) muro di pietra; (equit.) muro di pietre; (fig.) ostacolo insuperabile □ ( di denim) stone-washed, stone-washed; effetto consumato □ ( di cibo) baked on stone, cotto sulla pietra □ (fig.) to cast the first stone, scagliare la prima pietra □ ( anche fig.) to harden into stone, pietrificare; pietrificarsi □ (fig.) to leave no stone unturned, non lasciar nulla d'intentato; provarle (o tentarle) tutte □ to pelt sb. with stones, prendere q. a sassate □ (fig.) to throw stones at sb., attaccare (o criticare) aspramente q. □ to throw stones at each other, fare a sassate □ (fig.) Stones will cry out, si rivolteranno persino le pietre.(to) stone /stəʊn/v. t.1 prendere a sassate; scagliare pietre contro (q.)2 lastricare; pavimentare; rivestire di pietra: to stone a road, lastricare una strada; to stone a well, rivestire di pietra un pozzo
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