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单词 hit
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hit
(hɪt )
Word forms: hits , hitting language note:   The form hit is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.
1. verb A2
If you hit someone or something, you deliberately touch them with a lot of force, with your hand or an object held in your hand.
Find the exact grip that allows you to hit the ball hard. [VERB noun]
She hit him hard across his left arm. [VERB noun]
Police at the scene said the victim had been hit several times in the head. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: strike, beat, knock, punch  
2. verb B1
When one thing hits another, it touches it with a lot of force.
The car had apparently hit a traffic sign before skidding out of control. [VERB noun]
She hit the last barrier and sprawled across the track. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: collide with, run into, bump into, clash with  
3. verb B1
If a bomb or missile hits its target, it reaches it.
...multiple-warhead missiles that could hit many targets at a time. [VERB noun]
The hospital had been hit with heavy artillery fire. [VERB noun]
Hit is also a noun.
First a house took a direct hit and then the rocket exploded.
4. verb B2
If something hits a person, place, or thing, it affects them very badly. [journalism]
The plan to charge motorists £75 a year to use the motorway is going to hit me hard. [VERB noun]
Spain has been hit by storms since the beginning of the week. [VERB noun]
Special schools were hardest hit. [VERB noun]
5. verb
When a feeling or an idea hits you, it suddenly affects you or comes into your mind.
It hit me that I had a choice. [VERB noun that]
Then the answer hit me. It had been staring me in the face. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: strike, come to, occur to, dawn on  
6. verb
If you hit a particular high or low point on a scale of something such as success or health, you reach it. [journalism]
He admits to having hit the lowest point in his life. [VERB noun]
Oil prices hit record levels yesterday. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: reach, strike, gain, achieve  
7. countable noun [oft NOUN noun] B1
If a CD, film, or play is a hit, it is very popular and successful.
The song became a massive hit in 1945.
...the surprise hit video of the year.
Synonyms: success, winner, triumph, smash [informal]  
8. countable noun B2
A hit is a single visit to a website. [computing]
Our small company has had 78,000 hits on its internet pages.
9. countable noun
If someone who is searching for information on the internet gets a hit, they find a website where there is that information.
10. hit it off phrase B2
If two people hit it off, they like each other and become friendly as soon as they meet. [informal]
They hit it off straight away, Daddy and Walter.
How well did you hit it off with one another?
[Also + with]
Synonyms: get on (well) with, take to, click [slang], warm to  
11. make a hit phrase [VERB inflects, oft PHR with n]
If you make a hit with someone, they like you or are impressed by you when they meet you. [informal]
He made a hit with Lady Sopwith.
She sends her best wishes–you've obviously made a hit there.
12. to hit the bottle phrase [VERB inflects]
If someone hits the bottle, they drink a lot of alcohol. [informal]
After my mother died my father started hitting the bottle.
Synonyms: start drinking, take to drink, go on a bender [informal], drown your sorrows  
13. to hit the headlines phrase B2
Someone or something that hits the headlines or grabs the headlines gets a lot of publicity from the media.
Diver Tom hit the headlines when he qualified for the quarter finals at 13.
14. to hit home phrase
If a situation or what someone says hits home or strikes home, people accept that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to realize.
Did the reality of war finally hit home?
Israeli officials say that message struck home.
Synonyms: strike home, get through, sink in, be understood  
15. to hit the nail on the head phrase
If you say that someone has hit the nail on the head, you think they are exactly right about something.
'I think it would civilize people if they had decent conditions.'—'I think you've hit the nail on the head.'
16. to hit the road phrase
If you hit the road, you set out on a journey. [informal]
I was relieved to get back in the car and hit the road again.
17. to hit the roof phrase
If you hit the roof or go through the roof, you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone. [informal]
Sergeant Long will hit the roof when I tell him you've gone off.
18. to hit someone for six phrase [VERB inflects]
If someone or something is hit for six or knocked for six, they are very upset or badly affected by an experience or piece of news. [British, informal]
The loss of my wife hit me for six; it took me months to recover.
Many areas in the North were knocked for six by that first recession.
Phrasal verbs:
hit back
1. phrasal verb B1
If you hit back when someone hits you, or hit them back, you hit them in return.
Some violent men beat up their sons, until the boys are strong enough to hit back. [VERB PARTICLE]
If somebody hit me, I'd hit them back. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If you hit back at someone who has criticized or harmed you, you criticize or harm them in return. [journalism]
The President has hit back at those who have criticised his economic reforms. [VERB PARTICLE + at]
The senator hit back with a negative advertisement mocking his rival for being out of touch with computer technology. [VERB PARTICLE]
hit on
1. phrasal verb
If you hit on an idea or a solution to a problem, or hit upon it, you think of it.
After running through the numbers in every possible combination, we finally hit on a solution. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If someone hits on you, they speak or behave in a way that shows they want to have a sexual relationship with you. [informal]
She was hitting on me and I was surprised and flattered. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
hit out
1. phrasal verb
If you hit out at someone, you try to hit them, although you may miss them. [mainly British]
I used to hit out at anyone who came near me. [VERB PARTICLE + at]
I had never punched anybody in my life but I hit out and gave him a black eye. [VERB PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If you hit out at someone or something, you criticize them strongly because you do not agree with them. [journalism]
The President took the opportunity to hit out at what he sees as foreign interference. [V P + at/against]
Passengers hit out angrily at the cancellations - and at the lack of information about them. [VERB PARTICLE]
hit up
phrasal verb
If you are hit up for an amount of money, or if someone hits you up for it, you are made to pay it. [informal]
We were immediately hit up for a $5 per head cover charge. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
They hit him up for $90,000 in taxes. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
hit upon hit on
Quotations:
A hit, a very palpable hitWilliam ShakespeareHamlet
Idioms:
hit a home run [US]
to do something that is very successful
Bartlett Giamatti hits a home run here with his memoir of encounters with W.H. Auden over many years.
hit home or strike home
if a situation or what someone says hits home or strikes home, people realize that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to accept it
In many cases the reality of war doesn't hit home with reservists until they're actually called upon to fight.
make a hit
if you make a hit with someone, they like you or are impressed by you when they meet you
Eleanor and Sara made a hit with the whole delegation.
a hit list
a group of people or things that someone intends to take action about, for example by punishing them or getting rid of them
They published a hit list of countries guilty of unfair trade practices, and called for bilateral negotiations with the offending countries.
a list containing the names of important people who a terrorist or criminal organization intend to kill
The letter, which said the family is on a hit list, has been passed to police for further investigation.
hit it off
if two people hit it off when they first meet, they find that they like each other or get on well together and have many things in common
After their extended two hour talk yesterday, the two leaders actually seem to have hit it off.
hit and miss
done carelessly or without proper planning, so equally likely to fail or succeed
The acting, however, is hit and miss: it ranges from the highly stylish to the appallingly gauche.
hit the ground running
to start a new activity with a lot of energy and enthusiasm, and not to waste any time
She is in excellent shape and in good spirits. She will hit the ground running when she gets back.
hit the deck
to suddenly fall to the ground
When we heard the sound of gunfire, we hit the deck and covered our heads with our hands.
hit the buffers [British, journalism]
if an idea, plan, or project hits the buffers, it experiences difficulties which cause it to fail
Their plans may not get very far before they hit the buffers.
hit the bottle
to start drinking too much alcohol, usually because something very unpleasant or upsetting has happened to you
One newspaper even said I'd started hitting the bottle. Complete rubbish.
hit the jackpot
to suddenly be very successful and earn a lot of money
The National Theatre hit the jackpot with its first musical, Guys And Dolls.
to suddenly succeed in getting or finding something that you have been trying to get or find
I went through all the people called Lasalles in the Sydney phone book until I hit the jackpot.
hit pay dirt or strike pay dirt
to find or achieve something important and valuable
`Let's not give up on the courts,' Millard says. `We still might hit pay dirt with one of the issues.'
hit the road
to begin a journey
Urban commuters are having to hit the road earlier to be sure of beating the jams and finding a parking space.
hit rock bottom
to be at an extremely low level and be unable go any lower
The UK motor industry slumped to one of its blackest days yesterday as new car sales hit rock bottom.
to be in a hopeless or difficult situation which makes you feel very depressed
When my girlfriend asked me to move out of our flat and end our relationship, I hit rock bottom.
hit the sack
to go to bed
It was raining and we were tired, so we only half-unpacked the car and then hit the sack.
hit the spot
to be very good and to succeed in pleasing people
The company's new advert really hits the spot.
hit your stride or get into your stride
to start to do something easily and confidently, after being slow and uncertain at the beginning
The Government is getting into its stride and seems, for the moment, to be fulfilling its promises.
hit the big time
to become very famous and successful
The fashion designer hit the big time in 1935, when he was chosen to design the Duchess of Gloucester's wedding dress.
hit the wall
to reach a point where you cannot go any further or achieve any more
To ensure their businesses do not hit the wall, operators must ensure their financial management is strong and streamlined.
hit the mark
to be very good, and to succeed in pleasing people
As with the rest of the book, the idea is there, but the result doesn't hit the mark.
hit the nail on the head or hit it on the nail
to describe a situation or problem exactly
I agree with Dr Carey, everything he says. I think he's hit the nail right on the head.
`It sounds as if he almost depended on you as much as you depended on him.' `You just hit it on the nail.'
Collocations:
hit a low
The shares, issued at 530p, hit a low of 363p last week.
Times, Sunday Times
The shares, which hit a low of 23p this month, fell ¼p, or 0.7 per cent, to 44½p yesterday.
Times,Sunday Times
The shares hit a low of 126p last week and closed up 0.1 per cent at 127p yesterday.
Times,Sunday Times
It hit a low of 0.9 per cent in the 1980s, before rising to 2.9 per cent in 2008.
Times, Sunday Times
There, aged 16 and a half, he hit a low and attempted to take his own life.
The Sun
hit a nerve
The campaign did seem to hit a nerve.
Times, Sunday Times
Rumours hit a nerve because it came from a place of truth.
Times, Sunday Times
And, at least he hit a nerve yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times
This was more a dentist's drill, burrowing away until it hit a nerve.
Times, Sunday Times
My crossing in front of her, even though it had no discernible impact on her day, had hit a nerve.
Times, Sunday Times
hit a note
It's a long, wearisome work of pure whimsy that fails to hit the note of charm and comedy it so badly needs.
Times, Sunday Times
Certainly they make an invaluable contribution to the energy of the show every time they hit a note.
The Times Literary Supplement
Each of us had to start a song and the rest would eventually join in, after we had stopped laughing at the lead singer's inability to hit a note.
The Sun
Others recommend repeatedly attempting to hit a note in a melody line, or by using vocalise.
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For a vocalist to hit a note of this pitch, one's vocal cords must vibrate at over 4,000 times per second.
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hit a peak
He has taken a while to hit his peak this season.
The Sun
The annual value of oil exports hit a peak in 1985, at 13 billion.
Times, Sunday Times
It hit a peak of 5.2 per cent in 2008 and has been above three per cent throughout this year.
The Sun
You hit the peak at the beginning of next week.
Times,Sunday Times
As record sales soared in the mid-1970s with the glam rock boom, the show hit a peak weekly audience of 16 million.
Times, Sunday Times
hit a snag
Researching the 'pros and cons of the mansion tax', they hit a snag.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In no time the interview device hit a snag.
John Fisher Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing (2006)
But before he takes the next call he realises that we have hit a snag on our journey.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The minute they hit a snag, their confidence goes out the window and their motivation hits rock bottom.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Here he hit a snag.
Julia Keay ALEXANDER THE CORRECTOR (2004)
hit by a wave of
Hit by a wave of heinous comments, she decides to take matters into her own hands and creates an incident board.
The Sun
The trust has been hit by the wave of dividend cuts in recent months as companies in its portfolio try to conserve cash.
Times,Sunday Times
It was once valued at $637 million but was hit by a wave of redemption calls, which were responsible for bringing the problem to light.
Times, Sunday Times
Leading companies were hit by a wave of shareholder protest over 'excessive pay' yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times
But it has also been hit by a wave of high street collapses, leaving it with lots of empty units.
The Sun
hit by the recession
But they have been hit by the recession.
The Sun
It has been hit by the recession as shoppers delay purchasing big-ticket items such as carpets amid fears over unemployment.
Times, Sunday Times
Business travel has been severely hit by the recession.
Times, Sunday Times
The programme underlines the challenges faced by professional services firms, which are now being seriously hit by the recession and have begun to cut staff.
Times, Sunday Times
The north has been particularly hard hit by the recession.
Times, Sunday Times
hit movie
So he's the ideal guy to star in this sitcom inspired by the hit movie of the same name.
The Sun
The tale became a hit movie in 2003.
The Sun
But what makes a hit movie and what makes a flop?
The Sun
But there wasn't a huge 1984 hit movie of that name ready to be given a 2010 makeover.
The Sun
Some upbeat musical, perhaps, cobbled from a hit movie?
Times, Sunday Times
hit play
Build a music library, create playlists or listen to other people's, stream radio or just find the track you want and hit play.
The Sun
I was a bit apprehensive because all our recent anthems have been rubbish - and he was sitting next to me as he hit play.
The Sun
Hit play when you get back to the couch, and the video will play from where you left off while the show continues to be recorded to the hard drive.
Globe and Mail
Hit play on the song.
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She held the infant precariously by the wrists upstairs as one of the late star's hits played on the radio, a court heard.
The Sun
hit record
The first hit record to use reverberation artistically?
Times, Sunday Times
No credibility, total credibility; a hit record here and no hit there.
The Sun
The size of the discounts also hit record levels.
Times, Sunday Times
Exports surged during the second quarter as the dollar hit record lows.
Times, Sunday Times
I also learn that in 2015 you don't have to meet people to make a hit record with them.
Times, Sunday Times
hit series
But since 2009 he has turned his crime-world experiences into novels, writing a hit series of thrillers following a coroner's investigations.
The Sun
And dealing with celebrities on the hit series rather than members of the public seems to cut no ice with the perfection-hunting pair.
The Sun
But he says he enjoyed being part of the hit series and has no regrets.
The Sun
But not everyone who's been involved in the hit series was happy to hear the news.
The Sun
He also reflected on the end of the hit series.
The Sun
hit sitcom
In the past three years, the hit sitcom has become a byword for misspent youth, a paean to the experience of the teenage suburban male.
Times, Sunday Times
Fittingly, our first class-conscious, post-corporate hit sitcom was based on a program from across the pond.
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The two hit it off so well on the hit sitcom that they scripted this project and hope to tour it later in the year.
Times, Sunday Times
After the war he played a variety of television roles before becoming a household name in the hit sitcom, which began in 1969 and ran for seven series.
Times, Sunday Times
This hit sitcom makes a welcome return to our screens.
The Sun
hit the shelves
However, many reviewers panned it when it hit the shelves in the autumn.
Times, Sunday Times
And when will the final instalment hit the shelves?
The Sun
Watch out for them in new cleansers and body scrubs hitting the shelves soon.
The Sun
They first hit the shelves in 1970 so the iconic trainers are celebrating their 50th birthday this year.
The Sun
Just in time to rescue the roast, a new range of gourmet gravies and stocks has hit the shelves.
Times, Sunday Times
hit the skids
Motor insurers hit the skids after the growth in premiums slowed.
Times, Sunday Times
Maybe now her solo career's hitting the skids she could join the troupe?
The Sun
But the team has hit the skids since then.
ST
That's the sound of reputations hitting the skids.
Times, Sunday Times
But when they're on foot it seriously hits the skids.
The Sun
hit the target
From the edge of the penalty area, he ought to have hit the target but his shot cleared the crossbar.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He hit the target in the 200m medley and then again in the 100m butterfly.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is the kind of stupidity that causes the department to end up making large payments to international funds just to be sure of hitting the target.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The raison d'être of an Australia prop is to survive a game without letting anyone hit the target.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is hard to know whether it was down to incompetence, indifference or just an inability to hit the target unless umpteen chances are made first.
The Sun (2011)
hit the trail
We'd hit the trail by 7.15 or 7.30am, ready to walk for anything between three and 12 hours, depending on where the next campsite was.
Times, Sunday Times
Whether it's learning to salsa or hitting the trails on a mountain bike, there's a holiday to suit most interests and most fitness levels.
The Sun
I defy you not to hit the trails after reading it.
Times, Sunday Times
huge hit
The larger-than-life singer is a huge hit with the fash pack.
The Sun (2009)
With consummate showmanship, he closed the ninety-minute set with a third encore, that first, huge hit, the one we'd all been waiting for.
Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002)
She was an instant, huge hit with designers and fans.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She is the toast of Hollywood right now and producers know any film she gets on board with will be a huge hit.
The Sun (2016)
instant hit
He landed his first chat show in 1971 and brought a no-nonsense attitude to the celebrity interview that proved an instant hit.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The simple artificial flower became an instant hit.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What happened next was an instant hit on social media.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Choose one with a scent you like, to make the instant hit all the more pleasurable.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
lightning hits
Lightning hits about 10,000 people annually worldwide.
Houston Chronicle
In week 7 lightning hits the isolated house while pela was in it.
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Because of the intensity of this electric current, when lightning hits the ground, it can produce a strong, albeit brief, magnetic field.
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When lightning hits the mast, it jumps this gap.
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major hit
The local government settlement will take a major hit in this coming financial year and further, smaller, cuts in subsequent years.
Times, Sunday Times
The film was a major hit, grossing $40 million worldwide.
Times, Sunday Times
His side have been a major hit this season.
The Sun
The publishing industry has also taken a major hit.
Mail and Guardian
The programme was the first to offer viewers a chance to win a one million pound prize and it became a major hit around the world.
The Sun
quick hit
Our holiday can only ever be a quick hit, a short-term fix.
Times, Sunday Times
Prices have almost doubled to match the clamour for the fruit which, mixed with sugar and yeast, offers consumers a quick hit.
Times,Sunday Times
Smokers dip refillable cigarettes into the box, then put them into their mouths to get a quick hit.
Times, Sunday Times
It became a quick hit, reaching the top of music charts and receiving good reviews by recognized members of the musical scene.
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These parodies work best as quick hits.
Times, Sunday Times
sing a hit
He'd re-emerge, from the fog, in fancy dress, sing a hit and naff off forever.
The Sun
The musos will accompany contestants as they try to sing hits from memory.
The Sun
She had planned to sing the hits for the part of the show at the judges' homes if she got through bootcamp.
The Sun
He will sing his hits as well as tracks from his new album.
The Sun
For forty years in a row, he composed and sang hit songs.
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storm hits
It's as if we're seeing everywhere they've invested with their lives before the storm hits.
Christianity Today
Rain chances increase on the weekend when the storm hits.
Houston Chronicle
Before she's had time to find out, the storm hits.
Times, Sunday Times
And when that storm hits your life, you're going to stand.
Christianity Today
When a geomagnetic storm hits, the lid of warm air breaks and the charges are released, creating these sounds.
Times, Sunday Times
summer hit
Add some elegant jazz lite and soul textures, and you have all the makings of a summer hit.
Times, Sunday Times
However, the critics have called it a summer hit.
Times, Sunday Times
Whatever, marselan's palateboggling, scented, inky, raspberry fruit makes it a summer hit with everything from barbecues to picnics.
Times, Sunday Times
It's bound to be a big summer hit.
Globe and Mail
Being featured as a vocalist on a summer hit can do wonders for your career.
The Sun
take a hit
Our pride is dented and our confidence has taken a hit.
The Sun (2016)
Other hedge funds also appear to have taken a hit from instability in the global economy.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I tried to hide it but it is obvious to anyone who meets me that my life force has taken a hit.
The Sun (2009)
tsunami hits
With our vaults deserted thanks to his profligacy, the economic tsunami hits us and then it becomes a global phenomenon.
The Sun
Just before a tsunami hits land the sea recedes.
Times, Sunday Times
The tsunami hits and the atoll sinks, leaving the survivors with very little land.
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However, a tsunami hits the island on their second day, destroying everything and reducing it to a tiny desert with only a palm tree.
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Translations:
Chinese: 打击, 打击
Japanese: 衝突, 打つ
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