Nghĩa là gì: pitting

pit /pit/

danh từ
- hồ
- hầm khai thác, nơi khai thác
- hầm bẫy, hố bẫy (thú rừng...) ((cũng) pifall)
  - to dig a pit for someone: (nghĩa bóng) đặt bẫy ai, định đưa ai vào bẫy
- (như) cockpit
- (giải phẫu) hố, hốc, ổ, lõm
  - the pit of the stomach: lõm thượng vị
- lỗ rò (bệnh đậu mùa)
- chỗ ngồi hạng nhì; khán giả ở hạng nhì (trong rạp hát)
- trạm tiếp xăng thay lốp (trong một cuộc đua ô tô)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) phòng giao dịch mua bán
- (the pit) địa ngục, âm ti ((cũng) the pit of helt)

ngoại động từ
- để (rau...) xuống hầm trữ lương thực
- thả (hai con gà) vào sân chọi cho chọi nhau; (nghĩa bóng) đưa (ai) ra đọ sức với
  - to pit someone against someone: đưa ai ra đọ sức với ai
- làm cho bị rỗ
  - a face pitted with smallpox: mặt rỗ vì đậu mùa

nội động từ
- giữ vết lằn (của ngón tay... khi ấn vào) (da, thịt...)

pitting Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

spitting image

exact resemblance He is a spitting image of his father.

spitting mad

very angry, pissed off Mom was spitting mad when you ran across her flower garden.

spitting nails

very angry, very mad, hot, pissed Art was spitting nails when my dog scratched the paint on his car.

the spitting image

one who looks like someone, a dead ringer Patty is the spitting image of her mother - same face, same hair.

the spitting image of

Idiom(s): be the spit and image of someone AND be the spitting image of someone

Theme: APPEARANCE - LOOKS

to look very much like someone; to resemble someone very closely. (Folksy. The first version has fixed order. The second version is a frequent error.)
• John is the spit and image of his father.
• I'm not the spitting image of anyone.

spit and image|image|spit|spitting|spitting image

n. informal An exact likeness; a duplicate. John is the spitting image of his grandfather. That vase is the spitting image of one I wanted to buy in Boston.
Compare: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.

spitting distance

spitting distance
A very short distance, as in We were in spitting distance of winning the pennant but then we lost three games in a row. Alluding to the relatively short distance over which one's spit will carry, this idiom was first recorded in 1895 as within spitting range.