单词 | knit |
释义 | knit (nɪt ) Word forms: knits , knitting , knitted language note: The past tense can be either knit or knitted for meaning [sense 4]. 1. verb If you knit something, especially an article of clothing, you make it from wool or a similar thread by using two knitting needles or a machine. I had endless hours to knit and sew. [VERB] I have already started knitting baby clothes. [VERB noun] She knitted him 10 pairs of socks to take with him. [VERB noun noun] During the war, Joan helped her mother knit scarves for soldiers. [VERB noun + for] She pushed up the sleeves of her grey knitted cardigan and got to work. [VERB-ed] Knit is also a combining form. Ferris wore a heavy knit sweater. ...a cotton-knit sweater. ...hand-knit garments. knitter Word forms: knitters countable noun 2. verb If someone or something knits things or people together, they make them fit or work together closely and successfully. The best thing about sport is that it knits the whole family close together. [VERB noun with together] People have reservations about their president's drive to knit them so closely to their neighbors. [V n + to/into] Synonyms: join, unite, link, tie 3. combining form [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Knit is also a combining form. ...a closer-knit family. ...a tightly knit society. 4. verb When broken bones knit, the broken pieces grow together again. The bone hasn't knitted together properly. [V + together] ...broken bones that have failed to knit. [VERB] Synonyms: heal, unite, join, link 5. to knit your brow phrase If you knit your brows or knit your eyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried. [literary] They knitted their brows and started to grumble. Billy's eyebrows knitted together in a little frown. Collocations: knit a scarf She claimed that she could knit a scarf using this method in about an hour. Times, Sunday Times It was his mum who knitted the scarf for him, of course. Times, Sunday Times For many people, simply knitting a scarf would be an impossible task. Times, Sunday Times Extreme knitting involves knitting in odd places or situations, such as with 55-year-old who holds the world record for knitting a scarf while running a marathon. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He's in a grey, thin- knit sweater and jeans. Times, Sunday Times The person who makes the most surprising and illuminating error of the year receives a knitted sweater with three arms. Times, Sunday Times Knitted sweaters prevent them from being able to preen their feathers while still covered in oil, thus saving their lives. Times,Sunday Times And knit sweaters from the wool from the sheep. Times, Sunday Times He may have anticipated precious hipsters knitting sweaters on the subway, but he was mistaken about the overall future of capitalist time. The Times Literary Supplement Instead, 11,000 people have gone there for a plain 29.50 textured knit top, and 8,000 have bought a 35 pair of plain flared jeans. Times, Sunday Times She changes into black leggings and a grey, knitted top. Times, Sunday Times A reindeerwearing-a-scarf knit topped the poll. Times, Sunday Times Add tights to avoid the cold and layer with a knitted top and good, sturdy coat. The Sun The textiles the students wear - woollen stockings, a tweed jacket, a knitted top - are beautifully delineated, despite the simple forms. Times, Sunday Times For a closer nod to the old body-con look there's the knitted dress. Times,Sunday Times A knitted dress in a navy or charcoal grey will do the job. Times, Sunday Times So too was the jolt of a chartreuse knitted dress. Times, Sunday Times My knitted dresses have become really popular, so we take on a lot of students. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 编织 Japanese: 編む |
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