b : an area often sunken or depressed below the adjacent floor area: as (1) : an enclosure in which animals are made to fight each other (2) : a space at the front of a theater for the orchestra (3) : an area in a securities or commodities exchange in which members trade (as stocks)
2
a : hell 1a —used with the
b : a place or situation of futility, misery, or degradation
c plural : worst <it's the pits>
3
: a hollow or indentation especially in the surface of an organism: as
a : a natural hollow in the surface of the body
b : one of the indented scars left in the skin by a pustular disease : pockmark
c : a minute depression in the secondary wall of a plant cell functioning in the intercellular movement of water and dissolved material
4
: any of the areas alongside an auto racecourse used for refueling and repairing the cars during a race —often used in plural with the
conversation pits
втоплена/відділена умебльована зона вітальні/загальної кімнати — варіянт преекладу ще шліфувати і шліфувати
заглиблена вітальня
утоплена мебля/кабінет
Pictured above is one of the very first conversation pits, in a home designed by Eero Saarinen and Alexander Girard in the 1950s. Although we may think of the conversation pit as an example of 70s excess, they were originally conceived by midcentury architects as a way to keep living rooms sleek and uncluttered by furniture.