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单词 hit
释义 hit
I. \ˈhit, usu -id.+V\ verb
(hit ; hit ; hitting ; hits)
Etymology: Middle English hitten, from Old Norse hitta to hit upon, meet up with, hit; perhaps akin to Old English hentan to pursue, attack, seize — more at hunt
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to reach or get at by striking with or as if with a sudden blow
  < hit a ball >
  < be hit by adversity >
 b. : to come in quick forceful contact with
  < the ball hit the house and bounced off >
2.
 a. : to cause to come into sudden forceful contact
  < hit his hand against the wall >
  < hit the stick against the railing >
 b. : to deliver (a blow) usually in a vigorous or violent manner : strike
 c. : to strike a blow at or to
  < hit the table suddenly >
  < hit the boy in the eye >
3.
 a. : to affect especially strongly and to the detriment or distress of
  < life had never hit her very hard — Nevil Shute >
  < drought hit the range country early that year >
 b. : to criticize adversely : censure
  < no prime minister in our history has been hit so hard by a biographer who knew him — Times Literary Supplement >
4. : to make a request of or a claim or demand upon (as for a loan or a job)
 < hit his friend for 10 dollars >
— often used with up
 < hit up his father's friends for work >
5.
 a. : to come upon, find, or discover by or as if by chance or accident
  < spent years in prospecting without ever hitting gold >
 b. : to meet with, reach, or experience by or as if by chance or accident
  < after several weeks of travel, we hit our first snowstorm >
  < hit a run of bad luck >
6. : to reach or attain by or as if by hitting: as
 a. : to accord with usually exactly and purposely
  < writing that hits the public taste precisely >
 b. : to act in precise accord with
  < hit a musical cue >
 c. : to reach as a rate, standard, or level
  < a car that can hit 100 mph. >
  < prices hit an all-time high >
  < when you hit the middle sixties >
 d. of fish : to bite at or on : take
  < in certain times of the season fish will only hit live bait >
 e. : to appear in or on (as for public sale, consumption, use)
  < sweet corn hits the markets in New England in midsummer >
  < a magazine that hits the newsstands early in the month >
  < morning papers often hit the streets in the late evening >
  < this recording will hit the jukeboxes soon >
 f. of an author : to achieve publication in
  < took him some time to hit the better magazines >
 g. : to be reported in
  < hit the front pages >
 h. : to impinge on or command the attention of
  < advertising techniques designed to hit the subconscious mind >
 i. : stress, emphasize
  < always hit the message-bearing words firmly >
  < inclined to hit the wrong syllable >
 j. : to arrive at, in, or on usually for a brief or transitory stay
  < arranged to hit town two days before his brother >
  < when the first forces hit the beach >
  < planned on hitting all the new night spots >
 k.
  (1) : to reach or strike (as a target) for a score in a game or contest
   < unbelievable ability to hit the basket >
  (2) : to succeed in making (a scoring play)
   < hit three goals before their opponents were well warmed up >
  (3) slang : to win in a lottery or game of chance or acquire as if by so winning
   < hit first prize >
   < an act that didn't hit the big money until he took it to New York >
   — often used with for and the thing or the amount gained
   < hit the numbers pool for $2000 >
   < hit the company education fund for a year in technical school >
 l. slang
  (1) : to go, lie, or drop on or upon usually suddenly or at once
   < hit the deck >
  (2) : to get onto and begin to move along or travel on
   < hit the road >
   < hit the right path >
7. : to capture with precision (as a mood, an idea, a personal characteristic in a description or representation)
 < none of these analyses seems quite to hit the main characteristic — R.D.Ellmann >
8. : to set in operation or cause to function by or as if by striking or touching
 < hit the lights >
 < hitting slow chords on a guitar >
 < had to hit the brakes suddenly >
9. : to indulge in (as liquor) especially excessively, habitually, or compulsively
 < had been hitting the bottle for days >
10.
 a. : to deal another card to (a player at blackjack)
 b. : to have another card dealt to (a hand in blackjack)
 c. : fill vt 7
intransitive verb
1. : to strike or strike out at something with or as if with a sudden blow (as of the fist or a missile)
 < in the third round he began hitting wildly >
 < hitting only about once in five shots >
2.
 a. : to come into forcible contact with something
  < when he fell, he hit hard >
  — often used with against
  < tipped over and hit against the wall and was damaged >
 b. : attack
  < guessed at where they would hit, and the date of D day — Dan Levin >
 c. of a fish : strike vi 15b
 d. : to arrive with a disturbing or damaging effect
  < a heavy storm that hit just at sundown >
  < had been still in school when the bad times hit >
  < the grippe hit unusually severely that year >
3.
 a. : to meet or reach something aimed at or desired : succeed in attaining or obtaining something often by or as if by chance — often used with on or upon
  < hit on a solution >
  < hit upon a satisfactory explanation >
 b. : to draw or be dealt a valuable card in poker
  < drew to an inside straight and hit >
 c. : to hit a blot
4. of a crop, now dialect : to germinate, grow, or yield well
5. obsolete : to be in agreement : suit — used with with
 < the scheme hit so exactly with my temper — Daniel Defoe >
6. : to direct one's course : direct oneself
 < hit for the nearest lunchroom >
 < in spring the peddlers hit up the coast with packs and carts >
7. of an internal-combustion engine : to fire the charge in the cylinders
8.
 a. : to be a winner (as in a lottery)
 b. : to make a score (as in a game)
Synonyms: see strike

- hit a blot
- hit for six
- hit it off
- hit it up
- hit one's stride
- hit the books
- hit the bricks
- hit the hay
- hit the high points
- hit the jackpot
- hit the nail on the head
- hit the roof
- hit the silk
- hit the spot
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English hete, from hitten, v.
1.
 a. : a blow striking an object aimed at — contrasted with miss
  < scored a hit on his first try >
  < two hits and three misses out of five tries >
 b. : an impact of one thing against another : collision
2.
 a. : a stroke of luck : a fortunate chance
  < answered the questions correctly by a series of lucky hits >
 b. : a theatrical production, book, or song that is conspicuously successful or popular; broadly : anything that is exceedingly popular, pleasing, or successful
  < this new style is a big hit with the high-school set >
 c. : a win in various gambling games
  < a string of 20 hits on a pinball machine >
3. : a censorious, sarcastic, or telling remark or statement
 < took a sharp hit at grasping politicians >
4. : a backgammon game won after the opponent has removed some of his men
5. dialect : a bountiful crop — used especially of fruit
6. : a stroke in various games by which a ball is hit so as to result in a score, advancement of a runner, or some other advantage; specifically in baseball : base hit
7. printing : impression 6b
 < even two hits of white ink didn't quite seem to cover the green cloth — Book Production >
III. \(|)hit, usu -id.+V\
obs or dialect
variant of it
IV. verb
transitive verb
: impose : levy
 < hit him with a fine >

- hit it big
- hit on
- hit the fan
- hit the ground running
- hit the wall
V. noun
1. : a quantity of a narcotic drug ingested at one time
2. : a premeditated murder usually committed by a member of a crime syndicate
3. : an instance of connecting to a particular Website
 < over a million hits per day >
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