单词 | hit |
释义 | hit —hitless, adj. —hittable, adj. —hitter, n. /hit/, v. , hit, hitting, n. v.t. 1. to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer. 2. to come against with an impact or collision, as a missile, a flying fragment, a falling body, or the like: The car hit the tree. 3. to reach with a missile, a weapon, a blow, or the like, as one throwing, shooting, or striking: Did the bullet hit him? 4. to succeed in striking: With his final shot he hit the mark. 5. Baseball. a. to make (a base hit): He hit a single and a home run. b. bat1 (def. 14). 6. to drive or propel by a stroke: to hit a ball onto the green. 7. to have a marked effect or influence on; affect severely: We were all hit by the change in management. 8. to assail effectively and sharply (often fol. by out): The speech hits out at warmongering. 9. to request or demand of: He hit me for a loan. 10. to reach or attain (a specified level or amount): Prices are expected to hit a new low. The new train can hit 100 mph. 11. to be published in or released to; appear in: When will this report hit the papers? What will happen when the story hits the front page? 12. to land on or arrive in: The troops hit the beach at 0800. When does Harry hit town? 13. to give (someone) another playing card, drink, portion, etc.: If the dealer hits me with an ace, I'll win the hand. Bartender, hit me again. 14. to come or light upon; meet with; find: to hit the right road. 15. to agree with; suit exactly: I'm sure this purple shirt will hit Alfred's fancy. 16. to solve or guess correctly; come upon the right answer or solution: You've hit it! 17. to succeed in representing or producing exactly: to hit a likeness in a portrait. 18. Informal. to begin to travel on: Let's hit the road. What time shall we hit the trail? v.i. 19. to strike with a missile, a weapon, or the like; deal a blow or blows: The armies hit at dawn. 20. to come into collision (often fol. by against, on, or upon): The door hit against the wall. 21. Slang. to kill; murder. 22. (of an internal-combustion engine) to ignite a mixture of air and fuel as intended: This jalopy is hitting on all cylinders. 23. to come or light (usually fol. by upon or on): to hit on a new way. 24. hit it off, Informal. to be congenial or compatible; get along; agree: We hit it off immediately with the new neighbors. She and her brother had never really hit it off. 25. hit off, a. to represent or describe precisely or aptly: In his new book he hits off the American temperament with amazing insight. b. to imitate, esp. in order to satirize. 26. hit on, Slang. to make persistent sexual advances to: guys who hit on girls at social events. 27. hit out, a. to deal a blow aimlessly: a child hitting out in anger and frustration. b. to make a violent verbal attack: Critics hit out at the administration's new energy policy. 28. hit the books, Slang. to study hard; cram. 29. hit the bottle, Slang. See bottle (def. 4). 30. hit the high spots, a. to go out on the town; go nightclubbing: We'll hit the high spots when you come to town. b. to do something in a quick or casual manner, paying attention to only the most important or obvious facets or items: When I clean the house I hit the high spots and that's about all. This course will hit the high spots of ancient history. 31. hit up, Slang. a. to ask to borrow money from: He hit me up for ten bucks. b. to inject a narcotic drug into a vein. n. 32. an impact or collision, as of one thing against another. 33. a stroke that reaches an object; blow. 34. a stroke of satire, censure, etc.: a hit at complacency. 35. Baseball. See base hit. 36. Backgammon. a. a game won by a player after the opponent has thrown off one or more men from the board. b. any winning game. 37. a successful stroke, performance, or production; success: The play is a hit. 38. Slang. a dose of a narcotic drug. 39. - a. Computers. (in information retrieval) an instance of successfully locating an item of data in the memory bank of a computer. b. an instance of accessing a Web site. 40. Slang. a killing, murder, or assassination, esp. one carried out by criminal prearrangements. 41. hit or miss, without concern for correctness or detail; haphazardly: The paint job had been done hit or miss. [bef. 1100; 1865-70, Amer. for def. 5a; ME hitten, OE hittan; perh. < Scand; cf. ON hitta to come upon (by chance), meet with] Syn. 1. See strike, beat. 33, 35, 37. See blow1. |
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