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单词 fit
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fit1/fit/ adj (fitter, fittest)

adapted or suited to a purpose

in a suitable state

strong and healthy

acceptable from a particular viewpoint, e.g. of competence, morality, or qualifications; worthy

informal likely to; so as to be likely to

We walked till we were fit to drop

Brit, informal of a person: attractive

adapted or suited to an end or purpose

a fit punishment

adapted to the environment

survival of the fittest

acceptable from a particular viewpoint, e.g. of competence, morality, or qualifications; worthy

no fitter person for the task

in a suitable state

not fit to be seen

in an advanced condition of a state or feeling specified, so as to be about to suffer the extreme result specified

so tired I was fit to drop

strong and healthy

a good way of keeping fit

informal said of a person: attractive

fit as a fiddle/flea

in excellent health

fit to be tied

informal extremely angry

fit to bust

informal with great vigour

see/think fit

to consider (something) proper or advisable

didn't see fit to warn him

fitly adv
fitness noun
[Middle English; earlier history unknown]

fit2verb (fitting, past tense and past part. fitted NAm fit) (fitting, past tense and past part. fitted NAmer fit)

verb trans

to be the right size or shape for (somebody or something)

to measure (somebody) for clothes or to try clothes on (somebody) in order to make adjustments in size

I'm being fitted for a new suit

to make or find clothes of the right size for (somebody)

It's difficult to fit him because he's so short

to be suitable for or appropriate to (something)

Make the punishment fit the crime

to match or correspond to (something)

a theory that fits all the facts

to render (somebody or something) suitable for a task, purpose, etc

She had qualities that especially fitted her for leadership

(often + in) to adjust or adapt (something) in response to needs

I can fit my plans in with yours

(often + into) to find time for (something) in the time available

You can't fit any more activities into the day

to insert or adjust (something) until correctly in position

to install (an appliance, etc)

to supply (something) with equipment, etc

to adjust (a curve of a specified type) to a given set of points, e.g. to demonstrate a mathematical or esp statistical relationship

archaic to be seemly or proper for (somebody) to do something; = behove

It fits us then to be as provident as fear may teach us — Shakespeare

verb intrans

to be the right size or shape for somebody or something

said of clothes: to be loose, tight, etc when on

It's meant to fit snugly

to be of a correct or suitable size

The wardrobe won't fit into that space

said of parts or components: to go together in a certain relationship

These two parts fit together

One fits inside the other

to be in accordance with the facts or circumstances

It all fits

fit like a glove

see glove1


fit3noun

the manner in which something fits, e.g. a piece of clothing, or things fit together fits the wearer

a snug fit

the degree of closeness with which surfaces are brought together in an assembly of parts

the conformity between an experimental result and theoretical expectation or between data and an approximating curve


fit4noun

a sudden violent attack of a disease, e.g. epilepsy, esp when accompanied by convulsions or unconsciousness

a spell or attack of something difficult to control

a coughing fit

a fit of giggles

In a fit of frustration he had attacked his computer with a hammer

a sudden outburst of a specified activity

a fit of letter-writing

by/in fits and starts

in an impulsive or irregular manner; with spasmodic bouts of activity

progress by fits and starts

have/throw a fit

to be extremely shocked or horrified

in fits

informal laughing uncontrollably

[Old English fitt strife, later ‘a position or period of danger’]

fit5noun

archaic a division of a poem or song

[Old English fitt; perhaps the same word as fit4, or related to German Fitze skein, in an obsolete sense ‘thread used by weavers to mark a day's work’]
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