| 单词 | hit |
| 释义 | verb | noun hithit1 /hɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle hit, present participle hitting) 1TOUCH somebody/something HARD [intransitive, transitive] to touch someone or something hard and quickly with your hand, a stick, etc.: I thought she was going to hit me.hit somebody with something She was angry at Joe for hitting the dog with a stick.hit somebody on something She hit him hard on the back of the head.THESAURUSpunch – to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight: Steve punched him in the nose.thump – to hit someone or something hard with your closed hand: Harris thumped him on the back.beat – to hit someone or something deliberately many times: He had been robbed and beaten.beat somebody up – to hurt someone badly by hitting him or her many times: A bunch of drunks beat him up.slap – to hit someone with the flat part of your hand, especially because you are angry with him or her: I felt like slapping his face.smack – to hit someone or something, usually with your open hand: Rick smacked him in the face.spank – to hit a child on their bottom with your open hand, as a punishment: His mother spanked him for lying.strike formal – to hit someone or something very hard: He struck her on the side of the head and knocked her down.tap – to gently hit your fingers or foot against something: I tapped him on the shoulder.knock – to hit a door or window with your closed hand in order to attract the attention of the people inside: Someone was knocking on the door.rap – to knock quickly several times: She rapped on his window angrily.pound – to knock very hard, making a lot of noise: Thomas pounded on the door with his fist.bang – to hit something hard several times, making a lot of noise: A policeman was banging on the door.hammer – to hit something very hard several times, making a lot of noise: They hammered on my door until I opened up.bash – to hit someone or something hard, in a way that causes damage: The police bashed the door down.2CRASH INTO somebody/something [transitive] to fall or crash into someone or something quickly and hard: The ball hit the rim and bounced off. When it hit the ground, the plane burst into flames. Our cat got hit by a car.3HURT YOURSELF [transitive] to move a part of your body quickly and hard against something by accident SYN bang: Careful, don’t hit your head.hit something on/against etc. I kept hitting my knees against the table.4AFFECT BADLY [intransitive, transitive] to suddenly happen and have a bad effect on someone or something: be hard/badly/heavily hit Florida was hardest hit by the storm. Tiredness suddenly hit me.5SPORTS [transitive] to make something such as a ball move by hitting it with a bat, stick, etc.: You need to hit the ball harder.6BULLETS/BOMBS [intransitive, transitive] to attack, wound, or damage someone or something with bullets, bombs, etc.: The building was hit by a bomb.7REACH something [transitive] to reach a particular level or number: The temperature hit 100 degrees today.hit a record high/low Oil prices hit a record high last week. The president’s approval rating has hit a new low.8PROBLEM/TROUBLE [transitive] to experience trouble, a problem, etc.: I had hit a few snags in my work.9REALIZE [transitive] informal if a fact, idea, etc. hits you, you suddenly realize its importance and feel surprised or shocked: The horror of the situation suddenly hit her. It hit me that Anita had been right all along.10BECOME AVAILABLE [transitive] informal to become available for people to buy, see, etc.: A new smartphone is about to hit the market. I remember when that song first hit the charts.11ARRIVE [transitive] informal to arrive somewhere: The Bolshoi Opera will hit New York on June 25.12PRESS something [transitive] informal to press a part in a machine, car, etc. to make it work: Hit the brakes! Oops, I hit the wrong button.SPOKEN PHRASES13DO something [transitive] used in some expressions to show that you will do a particular thing: It’s time to hit the shower (=go wash in one). We’ll stay up north and hit Mount Rushmore (=visit it). I have to hit the books (=study).14somebody hit the nail on the head used to say that what someone has said is exactly right15hit the spot if a food or drink hits the spot, it tastes good and is exactly what you want: A cold beer sure would hit the spot.16hit the roof/the ceiling to become extremely angry17hit the sack/hay to go to bed18hit bottom/rock-bottom informal to be as unsuccessful or unhappy as you can be: I had to hit bottom before I decided to kick the drugs. The economy has hit rock-bottom.19not know what hit you informal to be so surprised or shocked by something that you cannot think clearly20hit somebody where it hurts (also hit somebody where they live) informal to do something that damages or hurts someone a lot: She wanted to hit her ex-husband where it hurt – in his wallet.21hit the road informal to leave a place, especially to start on a trip: We have to hit the road again in the morning.22hit it off informal if two people hit it off, they like each other as soon as they meet23hit it big (also hit the big time) informal to suddenly become very famous, successful, and rich: Di Caprio hit it big in the movie “Titanic.”24hit the ground/deck/dirt informal to fall to the ground to avoid something dangerous25hit the ground running to start doing something successfully without any delay: If we can hit the ground running, we’ll stay ahead of the competition.26hit the headlines/news to be reported a lot in the newspapers or on television: The couple’s divorce hit the headlines in May.27hit the jackpot a)to win a lot of money by gambling b)informal to be very lucky or suddenly successful: He really hit the jackpot when he married Jo.28hit the bottle informal to drink a lot of alcohol regularly29hit a brick wall informal to suddenly be unable to make any more progress in a situation[Origin: 1000–1100 Old Norse hitta to find, hit] → see also hit/strike home at home2 (5), hit pay dirt at pay dirthit back phrasal verb to attack or criticize a person or group that has attacked or criticized you: The government hit back with two 500-pound bombs.hit back at somebody He hit back at his critics.hit on phrasal verb1hit on somebody informal to talk to someone in a way that shows you are sexually attracted to him or her: He’s hit on every woman in the department.2hit on/upon something to have a good idea about something, often by chance: I think we’ve hit on a solution. Then we hit on the idea of marketing it for children.3hit on something to discover the facts about a situation, the real reason for something, etc.: I was sure I’d hit on the truth.hit out phrasal verb to criticize someone or something very strongly or angrily: hit out at It’s natural to want to hit out at people who have hurt you.hit somebody up for something phrasal verb spoken to ask someone for something, especially money: Did he hit you up for cash again?hit somebody with something phrasal verb informal1to make someone experience something that is unpleasant, especially legal trouble: The company hit us with a lawsuit.2to tell someone something that is unpleasant, surprising, or shocking: She hit me with the news that she was leaving. verb | noun hithit2 ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] 1SUCCESSFUL/POPULAR something such as a movie, song, play, activity, etc. that is extremely popular or successful: an album of Michael Jackson’s greatest hitsa big/huge/massive/smash hit The song became a massive hit.a hit show/record/song Irving Berlin wrote dozens of hit songs.be a hit with somebody (=be liked by them) Since the museum opened, it’s been a hit with the kids.2HIT something an occasion when something that is aimed at something else touches it, reaches it, or damages it: One bomb scored a direct hit on the aircraft carrier.3COMPUTER a)an occasion when someone uses a website: Our site had 2,000 hits in the first month. b)a result of a computer search on the Internet, a database, etc.: The question turned up thousands of hits.4BASEBALL an occasion when a baseball player hits the ball and successfully runs to a base5DRUG slang an amount of a drug that you smoke, swallow, etc.6MURDER slang a murder in which someone is paid to kill someone else7take a hit informal if profits, sales, etc. take a hit, they become less: The company’s stock took another hit. → see also hit man |
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