| 释义 |
noun nɪtnɪt informal 1The egg or young form of a louse or other parasitic insect, especially the egg of a human head louse attached to a hair. Example sentencesExamples - In the first trial, parents were instructed to remove nits (lice eggs) with a nit-removal comb during step two, and in the second trial parents skipped this step.
- Apply once a day for athlete's foot; for nits, comb through hair and leave overnight, then reapply in 10 days.
- Lice lay nits on hair shafts close to the skin's surface, where the temperature is perfect for keeping warm until they hatch.
- I've been pulling nits from her hair 2-3 times a day.
- Combing with a special nit comb can be a very effective, if time-consuming, way to combat nits and head lice - when used in conjunction with a natural or pharmaceutical remedy.
- The use of chemical preparations to kill the nits and lice is controversial.
- The white lice nits were found on 76% of birds and are easily seen.
- Enzymatic shampoos that claim to dissolve the glue that attaches nits to hair are also available.
- There are products to loosen the ‘cement’ attaching nits to hair shafts.
- You can tell if your child has lice by checking his hair for nits.
- Vinegar or vinegar-based products that are applied to the hair for three minutes before combing help loosen the nits attached to the hair shaft.
- There were three blankets to cover us, all covered with fleas, nits and insects.
- If you do not want to use these products, you have to pick the lice and nits out of the hair by hand or use a special comb to remove them.
- For an effective treatment for nits and hair lice, soak at least 20 seeds for an hour in warm water.
- Every month the lice are still there, with their sticky white nits glued to Joelle's hair like rice burned to the side of a saucepan.
- Patients were considered cured if they experienced no increased scratching and itching, and there were no visible lice or nits after a wet combing test.
- Infested people usually have no more than 10 to 12 live head lice at a time but can harbor hundreds of eggs and nits.
- Vacuuming is recommended to pick up fallen hairs with nits attached from upholstered furniture, carpets and beds.
- Presumably mineral oil is acting like petroleum jelly to smother the live lice and loosen nits.
- Parents generally discover head lice by seeing the nits in a child's hair, or when children complain of itching.
2British A foolish person. Synonyms idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod
Phrases Look for and criticize trivial faults; nit-pick. the press will stop picking nits once the next president is in office Example sentencesExamples - Normally, I wouldn't even mention it but as a reviewer I have to pick nits and be as anal retentive as possible.
- I intend to pick nits and I'll not be ashamed of anal retentive or obsessive behaviour!
- Although I've been picking nits with the handling of Carell's character Andy, the fact still remains that the actor is a naturally funny guy, and even through the problems, still finds comedic ways to shine.
- Perhaps a few more trips to the free throw line are in order, but that seems to be picking nits.
- As long as we're picking nits, let's say that she didn't kill herself.
- Not to pick nits, but the phrase, ‘Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness’, is from the New Testament.
- But these ideas would require a boldness and ingenuity that cannot come from candidates shackled to the very interests that profit from today's regressive tax policies, leaving the candidates to think small and pick nits.
- Some Dublin critics have been predictably quick to pick nits.
- It's hard to pick nits when a movie throbs with as much energy as this one does.
- And while I'm picking nits, I must add my opinion of Furst's female characters.
Derivatives adjective informal Then there were the little nitty things: doing my own computer support. Example sentencesExamples - Most of the story is the trial and all the boring nitty details therein - the only bright spot is the freakish D.A.
- Logically enough, the movie tackles the Powerpuff origins, the nitty details of how they came to be and how their superhero-ness was forged.
Origin Old English hnitu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch neet and German Nisse. A nit is the tiny egg of a human head louse, and was in use for something small or insignificant by Shakespeare's day. However, nitwit is not recorded until the 1920s and nit-picking or pedantic fault-finding did not come into the language until the 1950s. The idea here is of painstakingly searching through someone's hair for nits. In Australia children shout ‘nit!’ to warn their friends when a teacher is approaching. The person who is keeping watch is said to keep nit. Nit is this context is probably an alteration of nix (late 18th century), which comes from German nichts, ‘not’.
Rhymes acquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit exclamation nɪtnɪt Australian informal Used as a warning that someone is approaching.
Phrases informal Keep watch or act as a guard. Example sentencesExamples - I'll keep nit for you if you want.
- Brandy breaks the equipment down to see Joe again and Phyllis keeps nit.
- Lesbians sat in the front window keeping nit for anyone with a police or armed forces haircut or demeanor and with a yell from one of them, the place would clear out a back entrance in a flash.
- Well, I started it, and I say that we keep nit here, and not turn it into a separate board.
- Their caution, if slight, remained, each kept nit by rote, all had their something to contribute though.
- If you keep nit while a burglary is conducted, you're guilty of the burglary even though you haven't even entered the property.
- He had kept nit, even though he had entered with it strapped to his back.
Origin Late 19th century: probably from nix3. nounnɪtnit The egg or young form of a louse or other parasitic insect, especially the egg of a head louse attached to a human hair. Example sentencesExamples - The white lice nits were found on 76% of birds and are easily seen.
- Vacuuming is recommended to pick up fallen hairs with nits attached from upholstered furniture, carpets and beds.
- I've been pulling nits from her hair 2-3 times a day.
- There were three blankets to cover us, all covered with fleas, nits and insects.
- Every month the lice are still there, with their sticky white nits glued to Joelle's hair like rice burned to the side of a saucepan.
- Combing with a special nit comb can be a very effective, if time-consuming, way to combat nits and head lice - when used in conjunction with a natural or pharmaceutical remedy.
- In the first trial, parents were instructed to remove nits (lice eggs) with a nit-removal comb during step two, and in the second trial parents skipped this step.
- Apply once a day for athlete's foot; for nits, comb through hair and leave overnight, then reapply in 10 days.
- The use of chemical preparations to kill the nits and lice is controversial.
- Vinegar or vinegar-based products that are applied to the hair for three minutes before combing help loosen the nits attached to the hair shaft.
- Presumably mineral oil is acting like petroleum jelly to smother the live lice and loosen nits.
- Patients were considered cured if they experienced no increased scratching and itching, and there were no visible lice or nits after a wet combing test.
- Enzymatic shampoos that claim to dissolve the glue that attaches nits to hair are also available.
- Infested people usually have no more than 10 to 12 live head lice at a time but can harbor hundreds of eggs and nits.
- For an effective treatment for nits and hair lice, soak at least 20 seeds for an hour in warm water.
- If you do not want to use these products, you have to pick the lice and nits out of the hair by hand or use a special comb to remove them.
- There are products to loosen the ‘cement’ attaching nits to hair shafts.
- You can tell if your child has lice by checking his hair for nits.
- Lice lay nits on hair shafts close to the skin's surface, where the temperature is perfect for keeping warm until they hatch.
- Parents generally discover head lice by seeing the nits in a child's hair, or when children complain of itching.
Phrases Look for and criticize small or insignificant faults or errors; nitpick. Example sentencesExamples - Some Dublin critics have been predictably quick to pick nits.
- I intend to pick nits and I'll not be ashamed of anal retentive or obsessive behaviour!
- It's hard to pick nits when a movie throbs with as much energy as this one does.
- But these ideas would require a boldness and ingenuity that cannot come from candidates shackled to the very interests that profit from today's regressive tax policies, leaving the candidates to think small and pick nits.
- And while I'm picking nits, I must add my opinion of Furst's female characters.
- Although I've been picking nits with the handling of Carell's character Andy, the fact still remains that the actor is a naturally funny guy, and even through the problems, still finds comedic ways to shine.
- Perhaps a few more trips to the free throw line are in order, but that seems to be picking nits.
- As long as we're picking nits, let's say that she didn't kill herself.
- Not to pick nits, but the phrase, ‘Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness’, is from the New Testament.
- Normally, I wouldn't even mention it but as a reviewer I have to pick nits and be as anal retentive as possible.
Origin Old English hnitu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch neet and German Nisse. exclamationnɪtnit Australian informal Used as a warning that someone is approaching.
Phrases informal Keep watch or act as a guard. Example sentencesExamples - I'll keep nit for you if you want.
- Their caution, if slight, remained, each kept nit by rote, all had their something to contribute though.
- Well, I started it, and I say that we keep nit here, and not turn it into a separate board.
- If you keep nit while a burglary is conducted, you're guilty of the burglary even though you haven't even entered the property.
- He had kept nit, even though he had entered with it strapped to his back.
- Brandy breaks the equipment down to see Joe again and Phyllis keeps nit.
- Lesbians sat in the front window keeping nit for anyone with a police or armed forces haircut or demeanor and with a yell from one of them, the place would clear out a back entrance in a flash.
Origin Late 19th century: probably from nix. |