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单词 fixed
释义 fixed
\ˈfikst\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of fixen to fix — more at fix
1.
 a. : securely placed or fastened
  < a fixed piece of wood >
  : not adjustable
  < a fixed resistor >
  : permanently and definitely located : stationary, immovable
  < there were no fixed theaters in the provinces — G.M.Trevelyan >
 b.
  (1) : nonvolatile
   < a fixed acid >
   < fixed carbon >
  (2) : combined 1b, bound 6
   < fixed nitrogen >
  (3) : slowly soluble as a result of combination
   < fixed copper fungicides >
 c.
  (1) : not subject to change or fluctuation : absolute, settled, definite
   < revolution … could never be a fixed right — S.W.Chapman >
   < urged the assembly to grant him a fixed salary >
   < a fixed rate pays for transportation … and food on tours — Current Biography >
  (2) : held to tenaciously and often blindly or obsessively : unswerving, set
   < is very fixed in his ways and thought >
   < the man of fixed ideas … is today a public danger — Nation >
  (3) : having a final or crystallized form or character : incapable of further development : frozen
   < America is not yet a fixed and settled land — Barbara Ward >
   < the respect of the eighteenth century for fixed forms — R.B.West >
   < animal species are fixed and it is possible to define them in static terms — H.M.Parshley >
  (4) : recurring on the same date from year to year
   < fixed feast >
 d. : rigid, immobile, concentrated
  < sat with a look of fixed attention on his face >
  < her thick glasses gave her eyes a fixed stare — Allen Tate >
2. : supplied with a definite amount of something needed or desirable : provided
 < how are we fixed for seamen — Argosy >
especially : supplied with money : well-fixed
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