单词 | nit |
释义 | nit (once / 11903 pages) 1n 2n A nit is a louse egg. If your scalp is extra itchy, get someone (maybe even a "nitpicker" to check you for nits. There's no getting around the fact that nits are pretty gross — they're basically baby lice. Nits can be tricky to spot on an infested person's scalp, because they're smaller than a grain of rice and a very pale color. Colloquially, to "nit pick" is to find and criticize someone's faults, no matter how tiny they might be. Another, less disgusting kind of nit is a scientific term for an amount of light emitted. WORD FAMILYnit: nits USAGE EXAMPLESHowever, after the Michaud ruling, the Department of Justice invoked the Classified Information Procedures Act and declared the NIT secret. Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016) “At the end of the day, it’s all about the nit combs,” she said. Washington Times(Dec 10, 2016) The Wildcats are looking to bounce back after getting bounced from the first round of the NIT by Florida State last season. Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1 n egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing 2Hyper egg animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds n a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source Hyper luminance unit a measure of luminance |
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