单词 | to fit to a t |
释义 | > as lemmasto fit to a T a. To be of the right measure or proper shape and size for; to be correctly shaped or adjusted to. Said esp. of dress; also figurative. Often absol. the cap fits: see cap n.1 9. to fit to a T: see T. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] > be correctly shaped or adjusted for fit1581 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 51 b To finde a fashion for a saddle to fit anie Horse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 41 Euerie true mans apparrell fits your Theefe. View more context for this quotation a1691 R. Boyle Hist. Firmness in Wks. (1744) I. 278 As much of the stone, as was contiguous to the marchasite..fitted the marchasite so close as if [etc.]. 1795 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 796 And how her new shoon fit her auld shachl't feet. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 317 [The] armour..is light, and will fit thee well. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 49 Those manners next That fit us like a nature second-hand. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 207 A leaden ball to fit the bore. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. iii. 49 You cannot always cut out men to fit their profession. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 152 The only utensil..big enough to cook him in was a soap-boiler, which he just fitted. 1885 J. de Griez in Law Times 80 138/2 A suit of clothes, which the latter..refused to accept, on the ground that the clothes did not fit him. 1896 N.E.D. at Fit Mod. Your description fits him to a T. < as lemmas |
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