| 释义 |
hit /hit/ transitive verb (hittˈing; hit)- To strike
- To reach with a blow or missile (also figurative)
- To come into forceful contact with
- To knock (eg oneself, one's head)
- To inflict (a blow)
- To drive by a stroke
- To move onto (a road), reach (a place)
- To go to (a place) to enjoy oneself, as in hit the town (informal)
- (of news) to be published in (informal)
- To come, by effort or chance, luckily (upon)
- To suit (with) (obsolete)
- To imitate exactly
- To suit, fit or conform to
- To hurt, affect painfully (figurative)
- To make a request or demand of (N Am inf)
- To murder (slang)
intransitive verb- To strike
- To make a movement of striking
- To come in contact
- To arrive suddenly and destructively
- (of an internal combustion engine) to ignite the air and fuel mixture in the cylinders
- To inject a dose of a hard drug (slang)
noun- An act or occasion of striking
- A successful stroke or shot
- A lucky chance
- A surprising success
- An effective remark, eg a sarcasm, witticism
- Something that pleases the public or an audience
- A stroke that allows the batter to reach at least first base safely (baseball)
- At backgammon, a move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point, or a game won after one or two men are removed from the board
- A murder by a gang of criminals (slang)
- A dose of a hard drug (slang)
- An instance of a computer file, esp a website, being contacted
ORIGIN: OE hyttan, appar ON hitta to light on, to find; Swed hitta to find, Dan hitte to hit upon hittˈer noun hitˈ-and-missˈ adjective - Hitting or missing, according to circumstances
- Random
hitˈ-and-runˈ adjective - (eg of an air-raid) lasting only a very short time
- (of a driver) causing injury and driving off without reporting the incident
- (of an accident) caused by a hit-and-run driver
noun Such an event or accident hit list noun (slang) - A list of people to be killed by gangsters or terrorists
- Any list of targeted victims
hitˈman noun (informal) Someone employed to kill or attack others (also figurative) hitˈ-or-missˈ adjective Hit-and-miss hit parade noun - A list of currently popular songs (old)
- A list of the most popular things of any kind (figurative)
hit squad noun (slang) A group of assassins working together hittˈy-missˈy adjective Random, haphazard a hit or a miss A case in which either success or complete failure is possible hard hit Gravely affected by some trouble, or by love hit a blot - In backgammon, to capture an exposed man
- To find a weak place
hit at To aim a blow, sarcasm, gibe, etc at hit back To retaliate hit below the belt see under belt hit it To find, often by chance, the right answer hit it off To agree, be compatible and friendly (sometimes with with) hit it up (slang) To inject a drug hit off To imitate or describe aptly (someone or something) hit on or upon - To come upon, discover, devise
- To single out
- To make sexual advances to, flirt with (informal)
hit out - To strike out, esp with the fist
- To attack strongly (absolute or with at)
hit the bottle (slang) To drink excessively hit the ceiling or roof To be seized with or express violent anger hit the ground running (informal) To react instantly, functioning at full speed and efficiency immediately hit the hay or sack (slang) To go to bed hit the high spots see under high1 hit the nail on the head see under nail hit the road (slang) To leave, go away hit the sack see hit the hay above. hit wicket The act, or an instance, of striking the wicket with the bat or part of the body and dislodging the bails, and thus being out (cricket) make or score a hit with - To become popular with
- To make a good impression on
sack1 /sak/ noun- A large bag made of coarse fabric, thick paper, etc
- A sackful
- A varying, usu large measure of capacity
- (with the) dismissal from employment (informal)
- (with the) a form of the death penalty by which the criminal was condemned to be sewn up in a sack and drowned (historical)
- Bed (slang)
- An instance of sacking a quarterback (American football)
transitive verb- To put into a sack
- To dismiss from employment (informal)
- To tackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage and before he or she can pass the ball (American football)
ORIGIN: OE sacc, from L saccus, from Gr sakkos; prob Phoenician sackˈable adjective sackˈful noun (pl sackˈfuls) - As much as a sack will hold
- A large quantity (informal)
sackˈing noun Coarse cloth used in making sacks, sackcloth sackˈlike adjective sackˈcloth noun - Coarse cloth used for making sacks
- Coarse material, formerly worn in mourning or penance
sack-doudling /-dŭdˈlin/ adjective (Walter Scott) Bagpiping (cf doodle2and Ger Dudelsack) sack race noun One in which each runner's legs are enclosed in a sack sack tree noun The upas (from the use of its inner bark to make sacks) hit the sack (slang) To go to bed in sackcloth and ashes - Showing extreme regret, penitence, etc (often facetious)
- In deep mourning
sad sack (esp US sl) A person who seems to attract mishap and disaster, a misfit |