| 单词 | fit |
| 释义 | fit I. 1. archaic 2. obsolete II. 1. obsolete 2. a. archaic b. < he was seized with a fit which was repeated about every two hours until his death — D.D.Martin > c. < fits of shivering that weaken knees and set teeth to chattering — Kenneth Roberts > 3. < a fit of jealousy > < a fit of idleness > < there is much praise or ridicule, as the fit takes the onlookers — C.P.Conigrave > < something that grandpa threw together in a fit of tinkering — Car Life > < he may have fits of deep depression following fits of anger — H.A.Overstreet > < went off into a quiet fit of laughter — M.V.Reidy > 4. < she simply had a fit when she learned what had happened > • - by fits III. 1. a. < found him a fit officer and gentleman — Time > < soft water fit for manufacturing is restricted to the central part of the district > specifically b. < pictures … not fit for young people to see — D.M.Davin > < it is not fit for us to inquire into sacred things > < he gave credit where he thought fit — Adrian Bell > < one can wish that the editors had seen fit to include a few more illustrations — Stuart Preston > 2. a. obsolete b. < corn … must be passed through a grain drier before it is fit to store — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox > < the work of getting the ship fit for sea — Nevil Shute > c. < fair fit to cry I was — Bryan MacMahon > < shivering and shaking fit to die with cold — Time > 3. < he keeps fit by playing tennis and squash — Current Biography > < you aren't fit to get breakfast — Ellen Glasgow > < if you are young, fit, and keen you can be 107 an officer in the Royal Air Force — Punch > < the best prescription for a fit old age is a bad illness in middle life — John Buchan > Synonyms: < a wooden image, movable and fit to be carried in procession — George Santayana > < the magnificent hall which seemed only a fit setting for her beauty — Nathaniel Hawthorne > < a ship fit for service > suitable applies to whatever answers demands or requirements smoothly, without difficulty, doubt, or objection < the plain walls of the interior provide a suitable foil for the decorative color and woodwork — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < large tracts of land suitable for vineyards — Robert Hichens > < because of its proscribed theme, the play was not considered suitable movie material — Current Biography > < after a suitable interval, not to seem importunate — Mary Austin > meet describes what is nicely adapted or rightly or justly applicable; it may be somewhat stronger and more complimentary than suitable < now that death has shut the door behind Kipling, leaving his completed work here with us, ready for the passionless estimate of posterity, it is meet for critics to weigh that work in their delicate scale — Katharine F. Gerould > < Sabbath was made a solemn day, meet only for preaching, praying, and Bible reading — C.A. & Mary Beard > < is it meet that an utter stranger should thus express himself? — W.S.Gilbert > proper may suggest a fitness by nature or by right reason, good judgment, or social sanction < water, the proper element for fish > < a few Yankees of the swindling kind who found their proper sphere in the peddling business — Van Wyck Brooks > < when a child has mastered a difficulty after persistent efforts, praise is a proper reward — Bertrand Russell > < the education proper to a hero — Encyc. Americana > appropriate may suggest distinctive, peculiar, or distinguishing fitness < the magician does not doubt that … the performance of the proper ceremony, accompanied by the appropriate spell, will inevitably be attended by the desired results — J.G.Frazier > < we have agreed that our writing should be apppropriate: that it should fit the occasion — A.T.Quiller-Couch > fitting may suggest an especial harmony or congruousness < the fitting expression for the deeds they do — G.W.Russell > < a fitting occasion to reassess the validity of the mechanical conception of the universe of which he was unwittingly the prime author — Times Literary Supplement > apt connotes a fitness marked by nicety and discrimination < had shown that essential objectives could be gained by an apt combination of blackmail and negotiation — Times Literary Supplement > < the apt and telling turns of expression, the phrases of homely vigor or happy pregnancy which have become a part of our linguistic stock in trade — J.L.Lowes > < what time so apt for inculcating obedience and other Christian virtues as this solemn hour — H.O.Taylor > happy applies to whatever is quite successfully, effectively, or pleasingly fit < our ideal should be to make our battle a series of single combats, our ranks a happy alliance of agile commanders-in-chief — T.E.Lawrence > < of all writers he perhaps best combines in his style a felicitous elegance with a happy vernacular, the grace of philosophers and wits and the wit of the people — Carl Van Doren > felicitous suggests the opportunely or strikingly happy < had a way of illuminating an array of factual data with felicitous theoretical insights — D.G.Mandelbaum > < some of the most felicitous turns of thought and phrase in poetry are the result of a flash of inspiration — J.L.Lowes > • - fit to be tied - fit to kill IV. archaic V. transitive verb 1. a. (1) < for all that it is a good constitution — a constitution that fits us — Elmer Davis > < these fashions fit the life of the sport car, the penthouse, modern furniture — Women's Wear Daily > < find … a gun that fitted you perfectly — Bob Nichols > < in appearance he fitted his job to perfection — S.H.Adams > < no program of work will fit every community — Beatrice S. Rossell > < the name fit him to perfection — Deerfield (Wis.) Republican > (2) archaic < it fits us then to be as provident as fear may teach us — Shakespeare > b. (1) < the coat fits him beautifully > < the key fits the lock > < I had grown tall enough to fit my coffin — Sacheverell Sitwell > (2) < students are taught to fit braces of different types > < fit a stopper into a bottle > (3) < he was fitting many concert appearances into a crowded schedule — Current Biography > < always came in as though he … was fitting you in at great inconvenience — Fred Majdalany > < fit three or four men into a single turret — Tom Wintringham > < most of his library had been fitted in here — Lucien Price > c. < this theory fits all the known facts > < does not quite fit the assumption that the sole cause of the business slowdown is an attempt to cut inventories — George Shea > 2. a. < a comfortable stall was fitted for the horse — Irish Digest > < each ant is fitted to his place in the community by a combination of structural specialization and instincts — Ralph Linton > < vigorous training fits men for the ordeals of battle > < his temperament fitted him to understand an age of courageous exploits — Van Wyck Brooks > b. < he was fitted for college by his own father > c. < came up with the team and drag from the field … where he had been fitting the bean ground — Gordon Webber > d. (1) < fitted the garment to the client's specifications > (2) < you must fit the words to the music > < tried to fit his spending to his income > < fit your conduct to your circumstances > (3) < came to the house and fitted you for handmade French lingerie — Margaret A. Barnes > < fitted me for glasses > : determine the fit of a garment on < fitted her with the dress and found that it needed alterations > (4) < fitted the ship with new engines > < its many and diversified laboratories are fitted with the latest in equipment — Investor's Reader > (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) of a hand or suit in bridge intransitive verb 1. archaic 2. a. < his coat fits beautifully > b. < a conservative in a semiliberal setting … doesn't seem to fit — Kiplinger Washington Letter > < I'm glad that your new secretary seems likely to fit — H.J.Laski > < none of the familiar labels … seems to fit quite so well — J.W.Krutch > — often used with in, into, or with < where does the wife fit into all this — W.H.Whyte > < his somber pessimism fitted in with her own mood > < many of them have been able to fit into the white man's life without giving up the ancient ways — H.A.Overstreet > < we should have to determine where you would fit in — C.B.Kelland > < employers were likely to select … those … who would fit easily and docilely with the rest of the workers — Oscar Handlin > c. of the hands of two partners 3. Synonyms: see prepare VI. 1. a. < yearning for the good old days and the job and the comfortable fit of old ways — Dixon Wecter > < a qualitative verbal assessment of the degree of fit between the interpretations — American Anthropologist > < I believe the average American's notions about the average Briton are at least as bad a fit — Richard Joseph > b. < advising me about the fit of my corsets — Mary Austin > < the fit of the dress is snug > < American man-produced fashions are the envy of all Europe because of their crisp styling and fit — Wall Street Journal > c. d. 2. < the gown was an excellent fit > 3. < a close (soft) fit is used on large kettles — G.W.Busby > 4. VII. Scotland variant of foot VIII. dialect past of fight |
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