单词 | fitting |
释义 | fittingn. 1. a. The action of fit v.1 in various senses. Also gerundially with omission of in. Also with adverbs. ΚΠ 1613 S. Hieron Baptizing of Eunuch in Wks. (1620) I. 301 There should be also..a fitting of this generall truth touching Christ to his owne particular. 1719 Free-thinker No. 154. 2 I..am Fitting out for One of the most compleat Beaus in Christendom. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 76 They saw the fatal Arrow fitting to the Strings. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. iv. 96 The ship was fitting. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 583 In the final fitting up of the earth with life there was still a reference to him [Man]. 1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vi. 179 The perfect fitting of windows. b. The action or an act of fitting on a garment in tailoring and dressmaking. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > fitting fitting1900 1900 Daily Express 22 June 5/3 Messrs. —— gave her eight fittings. 1930 London Mercury Feb. 320 They had had to cancel two fittings and three dress shows. 1942 D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) xi. 274 It was an exciting adventure to lie about a ‘fitting’..and then make her dignified dash. 2. concrete. Anything used in fitting. Usually in plural: Fixtures, apparatus, furniture. Also fitting-up. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] apparelc1420 parela1450 reparation1464 reparelling1513 furniture1573 upholstery1649 plenishment1664 fittinga1817 furnishings1858 upholstering1896 the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > that with which anything is equipped > equipment or accoutrements ornament?c1225 i-wendea1250 atil1297 tacklea1325 apparel1330 conreyc1330 farec1330 tirec1330 apparementc1340 apparelmentc1374 graithc1375 appurtenancec1386 geara1400 warnementa1400 stuff1406 parelling?a1440 farrements1440 stuffurec1440 skippeson1444 harnessa1450 parela1450 implements1454 reparel1466 ordinance1475 habiliments1483 ornation1483 muniments1485 mountures1489 outred1489 accomplement?c1525 trinketc1525 garnishing1530 garniture1532 accoutrementsc1550 furniments1553 tackling1558 instrument1563 ordinara1578 appointment?1578 outreiking1584 appoint1592 dighting1598 outreik1598 apparate?c1600 accomplishment1605 attirail1611 coutrement1621 apparatusa1628 equipage1648 thing1662 equipment1717 paraphernalia1736 tack1777 outfit1787 fittinga1817 fixing1820 set-out1831 rigging1837 fixture1854 parapherna1876 clobber1890 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking ornament?c1225 i-wendea1250 atil1297 tacklea1325 apparel1330 conreyc1330 farec1330 tirec1330 apparementc1340 apparelmentc1374 graithc1375 appurtenancec1386 geara1400 warnementa1400 stuff1406 parelling?a1440 farrements1440 stuffurec1440 skippeson1444 harnessa1450 parela1450 implements1454 reparel1466 ordinance1475 habiliments1483 ornation1483 muniments1485 outred1489 trinketc1525 garnishing1530 garniture1532 accoutrementsc1550 furniments1553 tackling1558 instrument1563 ordinara1578 appointment?1578 outreiking1584 supellectile1584 appoint1592 dighting1598 outreik1598 materialsa1600 apparate?c1600 attirail1611 coutrement1621 apparatusa1628 outrig1639 equipage1648 thing1662 equipment1717 paraphernalia1736 fixture1767 tack1777 outfit1787 fittinga1817 fixing1820 matériel1821 set-out1831 rigging1837 parapherna1876 clobber1890 a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. xi. 233 The varieties in the fitting-up of the rooms. View more context for this quotation 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 77 Bladders filled with a quantity of this gas..and the neck, or fitting-up of its end, made capable of being closed or opened. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. vi. 66 These fittings-up of polished marble. 1864 Bp. of Lincoln Charge 7 42 grants for fittings and books. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. viii. 207 All the roofs, floors, and fittings were burned. 3. Mechanical Engineering. (See quot. 1888.) ΚΠ 1878 W. Allan Rose & Thistle 131 What though your labour is merely stone-breaking, Turning or fitting, or wielding the spade. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Fitting, that section of mechanical engineering devoted to the bringing together and adjusting of the different portions of engines, machines, &c. 4. Soap-making. See fit v.1 10. ΚΠ 1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) III. 713. 1885 W. L. Carpenter Treat. Manuf. Soap vi. 172 The finishing operation for yellow soaps is termed ‘fitting’ in England. Compounds General attributive. fitting-out basin n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun] > parts of shipyard or dockyard mast-dock?1686 rigging loft1726 fitting-shop1840 camber1885 shaping-shop1890 fitting-out basin1909 1909 Daily Chron. 23 Feb. 1/9 The vessel was..towed to one of the fitting-out basins. 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 88 New vessels..launched and ‘taken in hand’ for completion, usually in a ‘fitting-out’ basin. fitting-shop n. (also fitting-out-shop) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > workshop > [noun] > other types of workshop shopc1325 tavern1521 machine shop1827 fitting-shop1840 planing mill1844 body shop1845 job shop1851 farm shop1862 craft workshop1906 fixit shop1949 speed shop1954 chop shop1971 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun] > parts of shipyard or dockyard mast-dock?1686 rigging loft1726 fitting-shop1840 camber1885 shaping-shop1890 fitting-out basin1909 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xii. 73 I went to a fitting-out shop. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Fitting-Shop, the shop in which the operations of fitting are carried on. fitting-room n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > rooms at front of shop > other rooms in shop sample room1865 fitting-room1909 1909 in A. Adburgham Shops & Shopping (1964) xxi. 249 The Costume Department (to which luxurious fitting-rooms are attached). 1962 L. S. Sasieni Princ. & Pract. Optical Dispensing ix. 205 Such faults can be corrected in the fitting-room. 1969 R. Jaffe Fame Game xiv. 196 He went into a fitting room. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). fittingadj. That fits: a. Becoming, appropriate, proper, suitable.Many examples in editions of 15th cent. works are spurious, the reading of the manuscripts being sitting, which was formerly used in the same sense. It is doubtful whether the reading of our first quot. is not similarly incorrect, as fit v.1 has not otherwise been found so early. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > fitting or proper methelyeOE ylikeeOE fairOE i-meteOE rightOE becomelyc1175 proper?c1225 featc1325 conablea1340 rightful1340 worthyc1350 pursuanda1375 covenable1382 dignec1385 convenablec1386 thriftyc1386 sittingc1390 comenablea1400 gainlya1400 meeta1400 wortha1400 convenientc1400 meetlya1425 suinga1425 fitc1440 tallc1440 worthyc1450 good1477 dueful?a1527 beseeminga1530 fitting1535 straighta1538 decent1539 answerable1542 becoming1565 condecent1575 becomed1599 respective1605 befittinga1612 comely1617 decorous1664 shape-like1672 beseemly1737 farrantly?1748 fitly1840 in order1850 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] goodOE proper?c1225 felea1250 featc1325 seeming1338 rightful1340 thriftyc1386 sittingc1390 duea1393 truea1398 goodly1398 convenienta1400 wella1400 seemc1400 likelyc1425 fitc1440 tallc1440 befalling1542 fittinga1616 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 486 Thre men war clad in fitand [coit-] armour. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. vi. 20 Newes fitting to the night, Blacke, fearefull, comfortlesse. View more context for this quotation 1617 E. Owens in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. II. 113 Thus much I thought fytinge to acqueynt your Lordshipp. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 355 Use all fitting means of putting it to Shame. 1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay iii. 44 Which seem'd to be for beasts a fitting lair. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 79 Counsel..such as is fitting a priest should give. 1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette xvii It's the fittingest name. b. That conforms to the contour or size of something; now only with prefixed adverbs (often hyphenated), as close-fitting, closely-fitting, ill-fitting. See also well-fitting adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > that fits in specific way apt1791 fitting1866 hip-hugging1907 high-rise1908 hipster1949 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 20 Her tight-fitting black dress was much worn. Derivatives ˈfittingly adv. in a fitting manner. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adverb] rightlyeOE arightc970 rightOE properly?c1225 goodc1275 rightfully1340 truly1340 tallya1375 featlya1400 rekenlyc1400 communablya1425 fitc1440 accordantlyc1443 accordinglyc1443 justilyc1450 seemingly1483 fitlyc1550 conveniently1569 arightly1588 legitimately1593 fittinglya1643 legitimously1657 honest-like1807 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > fittingly or properly welleOE fairOE meetlyOE rightOE worthlylOE haghelyc1175 worthilyc1175 becomelyc1200 properly?c1225 i-semelichec1275 thriftilyc1374 duly1382 sittinglyc1390 justlyc1392 rightfula1400 goodlyc1400 hemelyc1400 meeta1450 statelya1450 ensuingly?1518 handsomely1525 worshipfully1532 decently1552 due1581 meeterly1589 fairly1600 beseemingly1611 dightly1616 becomingly1624 befittingly1638 fittinglya1643 condecently1656 a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 106 Let us carry our selves fittingly. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. ii. 95 The fire-ant, which might be fittingly termed the scourge of this fine river. ˈfittingness n. the state of being fitting. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] foȝa1250 mensea1525 properness1531 justice?1551 decentness1561 dueness1576 conveniency1583 fitness1597 propriety1612 fittingness1653 convenience1677 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > fittingness or propriety righteousnessOE duea1425 properness1531 decency1567 dueness1576 decorum1586 fitness1597 orthotes1605 propriety1612 befittingnessa1645 beseemlinessa1645 fittingness1653 becomeness1656 beseemingness1656 becomingness1657 condecency1662 competibleness1667 decence1678 1653 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar (rev. ed.) i. vi. 204 He..need not question the fittingnesse of Godfathers promising in behalf of the children for whom they answer. 1866 Duke of Argyll Reign of Law vii. 377 Whose labours were to match with a curious fittingness into his. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasˈfitting ˈfitting n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > fit or stroke > epilepsy > having a fit fitting1981 1981 Hull & Johnston Essential Paediatrics v. 65 Hypocalcaemia with subsequent fitting. 1986 Scandinavian Jrnl. Haematol. 37 320/1 Generalised fitting began, uncontrollable with adequate doses of phenytoin. ˈfitting ˈfitting n. in quot. 1843 attributive. ΚΠ 1843 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay 108 The Faithers o' the fittin' trade The Quayside a'ways pacin'. < as lemmas |
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