| 单词 |
pitted |
| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈpitted, ppl. a.2 and a. orig. U.S.
[f. pit v.2 and n.2 + -ed.]
Of fruit: having the pit or stone removed; = stoned ppl. a. and a. 6.
1903C. J. Brooks Marine Stewards' Guide 108 Cherry sauce... Add one pint of cherries, pitted, stew about half an hour. 1926Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 6 Jan. 8/1 (Advt.), Red pitted cherries, 2's, per tin 25¢. 1954Fortnum & Mason Christmas Catal. 3/1, 1 F & M jar pitted olives. 1982D. Smith Compl. Cookery Course 70 Arrange them in a diamond-shaped pattern..all over the onion filling, and stud each diamond with a halved, pitted olive.
▪ II. pitted, ppl. a.|ˈpɪtɪd|
[f. pit v. + -ed1; in sense 1 partly f. pit n.1 + -ed2.]
1. Having pits or small depressions on the surface; marked or spotted with pits; † dimpled; spec. in Bot. of cells, vessels, etc. (see pit n.1 9 c). Also, marked with small-pox: see pit v. 4 a.
a1050in Thorpe Charters 559 Ic ᵹean..minon breðer..þæs swurdes mid þam pyttedan hiltan. 1530Palsgr. 320/2 Pytted as a mannes chynne is, fosselu. 1584Hudson Du Bartas' Judith iv. 351 Her pitted cheeks aperde to be depaint With mixed rose and lillies sweet and faint. 1776Withering Brit. Plants (1796) IV. 54 Leaves..pitted; downy underneath. 1857Henfrey Elem. Bot. Fig. 479 Fragment of a pitted duct. 1859Tennyson Vivien 394 The..little pitted speck in garner'd fruit. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. (1870) 40 Pitted or Dotted Vessels constitute by their combination Pitted Tissue.
2. Placed or planted in a pit.
1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 242 The best method of planting pitted trees.
3. Matched against each other: see pit v. 3.
1852Jerdan Autobiog. I. xxiii. 193 The long pitted deadly foes. |
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