ditn.¹

Forms: Also 1500s ditt.

Etymology: apparently taken by Spenser from Middle English dit = dite n.¹, and erroneously pronounced with short vowel, perhaps by association with ditty. Thence in later verse.

archaic.

A poetical composition; a ditty: see dite n.¹

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung

songeOE

wordseOE

leothOE

laya1240

dittya1300

ditea1325

ode1579

dit1590

canton1594

canto1603

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R3^v No song but did containe a louely ditt.

cf. 1593 T. W. Tears of Fancie li, in Poems (1870) 204 No song but did containe a louelie dit.]

a1861 E. B. Browning Last Poems (1862) 125 A Hamadryad sang a nuptial dit Right shrilly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

ditn.²

/dit/

Forms: Also di /dɪ/

Etymology: Imitative.

Chiefly U.S.

In Morse telegraphy, etc.: = dot n.¹ 9. Cf. dah n.²When a message is being described, di is used for a dot appearing at the beginning or in the middle of a character string, and dit for one at the end, as di-di-dah-dah-di-dit ‘question mark’.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > code > Morse code > signs in

dot1838

dash1859

long1867

short1891

dah1942

dit1942

V-sign1959

1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 143 To join the..throng who understand the dits and dahs of Q.D.M.'s and Q.D.R.'s.

1957 J. S. Bruner Contemp. Approaches to Cognition 60 One's limited immediate memory span requires one to deal first with the dits and dahs of single letters.

1968 Radio Communication Handbk. (ed. 4) xx. 2/1 The space between parts of the same letter should be equal to one di (dit).

1977 Sci. Amer. Dec. 42/3 The tapes offer a meticulous set of graded dit-dah practice sessions, half an hour each at 5, 7.5, 10 and 13 words per minute.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

ditv.

Brit.

/dɪt/, U.S.

/dɪt/, Scottish English

/dɪt/

Forms: Old English dyttan, Middle English dutte(n(ü), Middle English–1500s ditt(e, Middle English–1500s dytt, Middle English– dit. past tense and participle ditted, Scottish dittit; also past tense Middle English dutte; participle Middle English–1800s dit, Middle English dytt.

Etymology: Old English dyttan to close, shut < Old Germanic type *duttjan , probably < *dutto^m , Old English dott , a small lump, a clot, a plug: see dot n.¹, dottle n.² Compare fordit v.

Now only Scottish and dialect.

1. transitive. To stop up, close up, shut (an opening); to fill up (a hole or gap). literal and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close an aperture or orifice

ditc1000

shut1362

steekc1380

stopc1400

quirt1532

to close up1542

to fill up1598

unspar1611

caulk1616

cork1650

busha1659

instop1667

close1697

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 53 Ongunnun ða farisei..his muð dyttan.

c1000 Ags. Ps. lvii. 4 Anlic nædran..seo..dytteð hyre earan.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18634 Onnȝæn þatt laþe læredd follc. Forr þeȝȝre muþ to dittenn.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 199 We..swo ditteð þe eare and noht ne hercnið.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 66 Me schulde dutten [Scribe D ditten] his muð..mid harde fustes.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1233 Þe dor drawen, & dit with a derf haspe.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 168 The vpcom wes then Dittit [1489 Adv. Dyttyt] with slayn hors and men.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 258 Aythere has thou no wytt Or els ar thyn eres dytt.

1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 196 Dit the mouths of thame that sa dois speik.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems 173 Foul sluggish fat ditts up your dullèd eye.

a1758 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. (1776) 77 When a's in and the slap dit, Rise herd and let the dog sit.

1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxiv. 174 Ye wud 'a keepit by the aul' proverb that says, ‘Dit your mou’ wi your meat’.

2. To stop or obstruct the course or way of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > cause to be arrested or intercepted in progress

warna1250

foreclosec1290

dit1362

stayc1440

stopc1440

set1525

suppress1547

bar1578

frontier1589

stay1591

intercepta1599

to cut off1600

interpose1615

lodgea1616

obstruct1621

stifle1629

sufflaminate1656

stick1824

to hold up1887

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vii. 178 An Hep of Hermytes henten heom spades And doluen drit and donge to dutte honger oute.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24003 Mi teres all mi sight þai ditte.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11942 Wit nith and enst and iuel witt þe water wissing can he ditt.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 20 Almost had myne breth beyn dit.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. xiii. 96 The ryveris dittit with ded corpsys wolx rede.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 133 It..sweeps away a' my gude thoughts, and dits up my gude words.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1590

n.²1942

v.c1000

单词	dit
释义	ditn.¹ Forms: Also 1500s ditt. Etymology: apparently taken by Spenser from Middle English dit = dite n.¹, and erroneously pronounced with short vowel, perhaps by association with ditty. Thence in later verse. archaic. A poetical composition; a ditty: see dite n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung songeOE wordseOE leothOE laya1240 dittya1300 ditea1325 ode1579 dit1590 canton1594 canto1603 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R3^v No song but did containe a louely ditt. cf. 1593 T. W. Tears of Fancie li, in Poems (1870) 204 No song but did containe a louelie dit.] a1861 E. B. Browning Last Poems (1862) 125 A Hamadryad sang a nuptial dit Right shrilly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2021). ditn.² /dit/ Forms: Also di /dɪ/ Etymology: Imitative. Chiefly U.S. In Morse telegraphy, etc.: = dot n.¹ 9. Cf. dah n.²When a message is being described, di is used for a dot appearing at the beginning or in the middle of a character string, and dit for one at the end, as di-di-dah-dah-di-dit ‘question mark’. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > code > Morse code > signs in dot1838 dash1859 long1867 short1891 dah1942 dit1942 V-sign1959 1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 143 To join the..throng who understand the dits and dahs of Q.D.M.'s and Q.D.R.'s. 1957 J. S. Bruner Contemp. Approaches to Cognition 60 One's limited immediate memory span requires one to deal first with the dits and dahs of single letters. 1968 Radio Communication Handbk. (ed. 4) xx. 2/1 The space between parts of the same letter should be equal to one di (dit). 1977 Sci. Amer. Dec. 42/3 The tapes offer a meticulous set of graded dit-dah practice sessions, half an hour each at 5, 7.5, 10 and 13 words per minute. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2020). ditv. Brit. /dɪt/, U.S. /dɪt/, Scottish English /dɪt/ Forms: Old English dyttan, Middle English dutte(n(ü), Middle English–1500s ditt(e, Middle English–1500s dytt, Middle English– dit. past tense and participle ditted, Scottish dittit; also past tense Middle English dutte; participle Middle English–1800s dit, Middle English dytt. Etymology: Old English dyttan to close, shut < Old Germanic type duttjan , probably < dutto^m , Old English dott , a small lump, a clot, a plug: see dot n.¹, dottle n.² Compare fordit v. Now only Scottish and dialect. 1. transitive. To stop up, close up, shut (an opening); to fill up (a hole or gap). literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close an aperture or orifice ditc1000 shut1362 steekc1380 stopc1400 quirt1532 to close up1542 to fill up1598 unspar1611 caulk1616 cork1650 busha1659 instop1667 close1697 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 53 Ongunnun ða farisei..his muð dyttan. c1000 Ags. Ps. lvii. 4 Anlic nædran..seo..dytteð hyre earan. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18634 Onnȝæn þatt laþe læredd follc. Forr þeȝȝre muþ to dittenn. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 199 We..swo ditteð þe eare and noht ne hercnið. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 66 Me schulde dutten [Scribe D ditten] his muð..mid harde fustes. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1233 Þe dor drawen, & dit with a derf haspe. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 168 The vpcom wes then Dittit [1489 Adv. Dyttyt] with slayn hors and men. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 258 Aythere has thou no wytt Or els ar thyn eres dytt. 1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 196 Dit the mouths of thame that sa dois speik. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems 173 Foul sluggish fat ditts up your dullèd eye. a1758 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. (1776) 77 When a's in and the slap dit, Rise herd and let the dog sit. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxiv. 174 Ye wud 'a keepit by the aul' proverb that says, ‘Dit your mou’ wi your meat’. 2. To stop or obstruct the course or way of. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > cause to be arrested or intercepted in progress warna1250 foreclosec1290 dit1362 stayc1440 stopc1440 set1525 suppress1547 bar1578 frontier1589 stay1591 intercepta1599 to cut off1600 interpose1615 lodgea1616 obstruct1621 stifle1629 sufflaminate1656 stick1824 to hold up1887 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vii. 178 An Hep of Hermytes henten heom spades And doluen drit and donge to dutte honger oute. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24003 Mi teres all mi sight þai ditte. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11942 Wit nith and enst and iuel witt þe water wissing can he ditt. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 20 Almost had myne breth beyn dit. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. xiii. 96 The ryveris dittit with ded corpsys wolx rede. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 133 It..sweeps away a' my gude thoughts, and dits up my gude words. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1590n.²1942v.c1000
随便看	to lie to point to lie to the dogs, to the gun to lie under to lie up to lie up in lavender to lie upon one's arms to lie upon the lee to lie upon the snap to lie upon the table to lie upon the wager to lie wait to lie waste to lie with to lie with ridge and furrow to lie, be wrapped in lead to lie, sit heavy at to lie, sit heavy upon to life to lift a child from the font to make a mock at to make a mock of to make a mockery of to make a monkey of to make a monkey out of to make a monopoly of

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