| 单词 | bit |
| 释义 | bit (once / 47 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n Let me give you a bit of advice: Use bit when you're talking about a small amount. Bit is a small but useful word. Like drill bits, which fit on the end of a drill to change its function, the word bit has several uses. Usually, it means a little piece of something, even time. If you ask me when I'm arriving, I might say, "In a little bit." A bit can also be a short theatrical entertainment, the metal piece a horse bites on, or digital information that's 1/8 the size of a byte. WORD FAMILYbit: bits, bitty USAGE EXAMPLES“I think the magnitude and the opportunity, I think he pressed a little bit,” Del Rio said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Gaga’s Born This Way is a bit of a contrast to that approach: The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The plot is only a little bit of what matters in a Manual Cinema show; the performers are entrancing merely doing what they do. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a small piece or quantity of something a bit of paper a bit of lint I gave him a bit of my mind Syn|Hyper spot small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude 2n a small fragment Syn|Hyper snatch fragment an incomplete piece 3n a small fragment of something broken off from the whole a bit of rock caught him in the eye Syn|Hypo|Hyper chip, flake, fleck, scrap matchwood fragments of wood exfoliation, scale, scurfa thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin scurf(botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts sliver, splintera small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal dandersmall scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people dandruffloose scales shed from the scalp fragment a piece broken off or cut off of something else 4n a small amount of solid food; a mouthful all they had left was a bit of bread Syn|Hypo|Hyper bite, morsel chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid, wad a wad of something chewable as tobacco crumbsmall piece of e.g. bread or cake sop, sopspiece of solid food for dipping in a liquid breadcrumbcrumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening cracker crumbscrumbs of crackers used especially for coating or thickening mouthful, taste a small amount eaten or drunk 5n an indefinitely short time in just a bit Syn|Hypo|Hyper minute, mo, moment, second New York minute, blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) time an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) 6n an instance of some kind he had a bit of good luck Syn|Hyper piece case, example, instance an occurrence of something 7n a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper act, number, routine, turn show-stopper, showstopper, stopper an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down performance, public presentation a dramatic or musical entertainment n piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding 3the horse was not accustomed to a bit Hypo|Hyper bar bit a bit for horses that is a solid bar of metal bridoona bit resembling a snaffle bit; used with a separate curb curb, curb bita horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse Pelhama bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle snaffle, snaffle bita simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb saddlery, stable gear, tack gear for a horse 1n the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers Hyper part, portion something less than the whole of a human artifact 2n the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press 4he looked around for the right size bit Hypo|Hyper bur, burr small bit used in dentistry or surgery center bit, centre bita bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters chamfer bita bit that is used for beveling counterbore, countersink, countersink bita bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole drill bit, drilling bita bit used in drilling for oil expansion bit, expansive bita bit with a cutting blade that can be adjusted to different sizes pilot bita small bit that drills a first hole to guide a larger drill spade bita thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on either side twist bit, twist drilla bit or drill having deep helical grooves core bita hollow drilling bit that is the cutting part of a core drill; allows core samples to be taken blade bit, fishtail bita drilling bit with cutting edges usually hardened against wear rock bit, roller bita drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers cutting implement a tool used for cutting or slicing n a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states there are 8 bits in a byte Hypo|Hyper check bit, parity, parity bit (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error unit, unit of measurement any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange |
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