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单词 kit
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kit1

/kɪt /
noun
1A set of articles or equipment needed for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit...
  • The task team said there was no basic medical emergency equipment such as a first-aid kit or oxygen.
  • In the first-aid kit there is also a guide on using basic tools and equipment in emergency situations.
  • Aid began pouring in yesterday, with the Red Cross sending 400 first-aid kits to the affected area.
1.1A set of articles forming part of a soldier’s equipment.First, they are heavy, and adding them to a soldier's kit that already includes ammunitions, rations, and other heavy items may be undesirable....
  • Of course the kit was clean: soldiers spend hours cleaning their equipment.
  • It is light enough that each man in a patrol can carry several Claymores along with his regular kit, weapon and ammo.
1.2A set of all the parts needed to assemble something: an aircraft kit...
  • The association is also urging the FAA to allow imported aircraft kits to be put together without requiring a production certificate.
  • Sixty workers from Lucent Technology in Westlea spent the afternoon assembling the bike kits before handing them over to their new owners.
  • Right now, he has some 1,000 kits waiting to be assembled.

Synonyms

set of parts, set of components, set, outfit, DIY kit, do-it-yourself kit, self-assembly set, flat-pack
2British The clothing used for an activity such as a sport: a football kit...
  • Shirt Amnesty is a scheme designed by BBC Radio Five Live and the Football Association to put those old football shirts and kits to use.
  • Participants should bring a packed lunch, football kit (boots and shin-pads), warm clothes and a waterproof.
  • Thompson decided not to wear his blazer and tie and instead donned his gym kit.

Synonyms

clothes, clothing, rig, outfit, dress, costume, garments, attire, garb;
uniform, colours, regimentals, livery, trappings;
British strip
informal togs, garms, things, gear, get-up, stuff, duds
British informal rig-out
formal apparel
literary raiment, array, habiliments
3British A large basket, box, or other container, especially for fish.
verb [with object] (kit someone/thing out/up) chiefly British
Provide someone or something with the appropriate clothing or equipment: we were all kitted out in life jackets...
  • The Home Office said two schools, two hospitals and an ambulance station would be kitted out with the new equipment to give better security for staff, patients and pupils.
  • To date, some 175 classrooms have been kitted out with the equipment.
  • To carry out the hugely complex job of managing over 400,000 transatlantic crossings every year, the air traffic control centre in Shannon has been kitted out with state-of-the-art equipment.

Synonyms

equip, fit, fit out, fit up, fix up, furnish, stock, supply, provide, provision, issue;
outfit, get up, rig out, turn out, dress, clothe, array, costume, attire, accoutre, deck out;
arm

Phrases

get one's kit off

Origin

Middle English: from Middle Dutch kitte 'wooden vessel', of unknown origin. The original sense 'wooden tub' was later applied to other containers; the use denoting a soldier's equipment (late 18th century) probably arose from the idea of a set of articles packed in a container.

  • If you were told in the Middle Ages to get your kit off it would be a wooden tub you removed, not your clothes. Kit comes from Dutch kitte, meaning ‘wooden vessel’, later applied to other containers. Its use for a soldier's equipment, dating from the late 18th century, probably comes from the idea of a set of such articles packed in one container. See also caboodle

Rhymes

kit2

/kɪt /
noun
1The young of certain animals, such as the beaver, ferret, and mink.Since 1997, 110 black-footed ferret kits have been released on the site....
  • Mink kits remain in the same cage as their mothers until weaned at the age of seven to eight weeks.
  • The usual family group consists of the adults, the kits, and the yearlings of the previous year.
1.1 informal A kitten.I've watched mother cats nip their kits for playing too rough.

kit3

/kɪt /
noun historical
A small violin, especially one used by a dancing master.Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.

Origin

Early 16th century: perhaps from Latin cithara (see cittern).

kit4

/kɪt /
noun rare
A flock of pigeons: he saw a kit of pigeons flying when out one day...
  • I watched my big kit of pigeons fly over in a constantly changing formation.
  • Doc was letting out a kit of pigeons.
  • I knew they had seen a kit of pigeons over the town eight miles away.

Origin

Late 19th century: apparently from German Kitte or Kütte 'flock or group of doves'.

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