含义: pitting

n.
銹斑, 凹痕[化] 點狀腐蝕[醫] 壓凹形成, 凹陷pit
n.
深坑, 礦井, 果核, 地窖, 深淵, 絕境, 陷阱
vt.
窖藏, 使凹下, 使有麻點, 去...之核, 使留疤痕, 使相鬥, 使競爭
vi.
起凹點, 凹陷[化] 凹坑[醫] 窩, 凹, 點隙, 痘凹[經] 有組織市場的交易廳

pitting 成语

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.