knit
verb /nɪt/
/nɪt/
In senses 3 and 4 knit is usually used for the past tense and past participle.动词形式
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they knit | /nɪt/ /nɪt/ |
| he / she / it knits | /nɪts/ /nɪts/ |
| past simple knitted | /ˈnɪtɪd/ /ˈnɪtɪd/ |
| past participle knitted | /ˈnɪtɪd/ /ˈnɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form knitting | /ˈnɪtɪŋ/ /ˈnɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to make clothes, etc. from wool, cotton or other thread using two long thin knitting needles or a machine
编织；针织；机织 - knit (something) I knitted this cardigan myself.
我自己织的这件开襟毛衣。 - Lucy was sitting on the sofa, knitting.
露西坐在沙发上织毛线活儿。 - knit somebody something She's knitting the baby a shawl.
她在给宝宝织一床小被子。
- knit (something) I knitted this cardigan myself.
- [transitive, intransitive] knit (something) to use a basic stitch in knitting
织平针 - Knit one row, purl one row.
织一趟平针，织一趟反针。
- Knit one row, purl one row.
- [transitive, intransitive] knit (somebody/something) (together) to join people or things closely together or to be joined closely together
（使）紧密结合，严密，紧凑 - a closely/tightly knit community (= one in which relationships are very close)
紧密团结的群体 - Society is knit together by certain commonly held beliefs.
社会是靠某些共同的信念来维系的。
- a closely/tightly knit community (= one in which relationships are very close)
- [intransitive, transitive] knit (something) (of broken bones
断骨 （使）愈合，接合 - The bone failed to knit correctly.
骨头愈合得不好。
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- The bone failed to knit correctly.
词源Old English cnyttan, of West Germanic origin; related to German dialect knütten, also to knot. The original sense was ‘tie in or with a knot’, hence ‘join, unite’ (sense (3)); an obsolete Middle English sense ‘knot string to make a net’ gave rise to sense (1).
Idioms
knit your brow(s)
- to move your eyebrows together, to show that you are thinking hard, feeling angry, etc.
皱眉（表示沉思、恼怒等） - His brows were knitted in a permanent frown.
他的眉头永远皱在一起。 - She knitted her brows in concentration.
她全神贯注地皱着眉头。
- His brows were knitted in a permanent frown.
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