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单词 tight spot
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spot /spot/

noun
  1. A mark made by a drop of something wet
  2. A blot
  3. A small discoloured or differently coloured place
  4. A locality, place or limited geographical area
  5. A precise place, location
  6. An eruption on the skin, a pimple
  7. A moral flaw
  8. One of the marked points on a snooker or billiard table, from which balls are played
  9. A relatively dark area on the surface of the sun
  10. A small quantity of anything (informal)
  11. A spotlight (informal)
  12. A white pigeon with a spot on the forehead
  13. A name for various American fishes
  14. A job, piece (of work) (obsolete)
  15. A place of entertainment
  16. A place on eg a television or radio programme
  17. A turn, performance, esp a short one
  18. An awkward position or situation
  19. A spot deal or commodity (finance)
transitive verb (spottˈing; spottˈed)
  1. To mark with spots
  2. To tarnish, eg a reputation
  3. To reprehend (Spenser)
  4. To pick out, detect, locate, identify, discern (informal)
  5. To watch for and record the sighting of
  6. To free from spots (often with out)
  7. To place on a spot, as in snooker
  8. To allow or yield an advantage, concession, etc to, esp in order to give (an opponent) an even chance of winning (informal)
  9. To lend or give (N American informal)
intransitive verb
  1. To become spotted
  2. (of fabric) to be susceptible to spotting
  3. To rain slightly, with few and intermittent drops (usu as spot with rain) (informal)
adjective
  1. On the spot, random (see spot check below)
  2. Of monetary or commodity transactions, etc, to be paid (usu in cash) or delivered immediately (as in spot market, spot price, etc)
  3. Involving payment in cash only
ORIGIN: Cf obs Du, LGer, spot, ON spotti

spotˈless adjective

  1. Without a spot or blemish
  2. Very clean
  3. Untainted
  4. Pure

spotˈlessly adverb

spotˈlessness noun

spottˈed adjective

spottˈedness noun

spottˈer noun

Someone who or something (such as a plane) that spots, observes or detects

spottˈily adverb

spottˈiness noun

spottˈing noun

spottˈy adjective

  1. Marked with spots
  2. Inconsistent, uneven

spot advertising noun

Advertising by means of brief items, usu in dramatized form, on television or radio

spotˈ-barred adjective (billiards)

Under the condition that the spot stroke may not be played more than twice consecutively

spot cash noun

Money down

spot check noun

  1. A check made without prior warning
  2. A check of random samples to serve in place of a general check

spotˈ-check transitive verb

spot dance noun

A dance after which a prize is given to the couple spotlighted when the music stopped

spot dealer noun (commerce)

One dealing in the spot market

spotˈ-fixing noun

The illegal manipulation of an incident in a sporting contest by a participant

spot height noun

On a map, a number giving the height above mean sea level at that point

spot kick noun (football)

A kick made from the penalty spot

spotˈlight noun

  1. A, usu powerful, light that projects a circle of light on an actor, a small part of a stage, or that illuminates a small area
  2. Any adjustable, focused-beam lamp, such as a car lamp additional to fixed lights
  3. A focusing of attention (figurative)

transitive verb

  1. To turn the spotlight on
  2. To draw attention to (figurative)

spot market noun (commerce)

A market in which commodities are bought and sold for cash or immediate delivery

spot-onˈ adjective (informal)

  1. On the target
  2. Exactly right, accurate
  3. Precisely what is required, excellent

spot stroke noun (billiards)

A stroke by which the player pockets the red ball from the spot, leaving his own ball in position to repeat the stroke

spotted dick noun

A pudding or loaf with currants

spotted dog noun

  1. A Dalmatian dog
  2. A spotted dick

spotted fever noun

Any of several febrile diseases, such as cerebrospinal fever and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, characterized by small spots on the skin

spotted flycatcher noun

A European songbird (Muscicapa striata)

spotted owl noun

A N American owl (Strix occidentalis)

spotˈ-weld transitive verb

To join metal with single circular welds

noun

A weld of this kind

spotˈ-welder noun

high spot

The most memorable or exciting moment

in a spot

In a difficult situation

knock (the) spots off

To surpass or outdo easily

on the spot

  1. At the very place
  2. There and then
  3. Alert, equal to the occasion
  4. In difficulty or danger (eg put on the spot, orig to doom to be murdered) (on-the-spotˈ adjective)

soft spot (informal)

  1. Affectionate feeling or weakness (for)
  2. A fontanelle (informal)

tight spot (informal)

A dangerous or difficult situation

weak spot (informal)

  1. A weakness
  2. An area in which one is not knowledgeable

tight1 /tīt/

adjective
  1. Close
  2. Compact
  3. Close-fitting
  4. Too close-fitting
  5. Cramped
  6. (of a schedule, timetable, etc) allowing little space, time or opportunity for deviation from plan
  7. (of a situation) difficult or dangerous
  8. (of a contest) closely fought
  9. (of style) concise
  10. Taut, not slack
  11. (of eg control) very firm, strict
  12. Precise
  13. Under control
  14. Firmly fixed
  15. Impervious, not leaky, proof
  16. Trim
  17. Neat
  18. Snug
  19. Competent
  20. Hampered or characterized by lack of money
  21. (of money or a commodity) scarce, hard to obtain
  22. Unwilling to part with money, miserly (informal)
  23. Intoxicated (informal)
  24. (of a person, muscle, etc) showing tension, taut, not relaxed (informal)
  25. (of a team of people) working or performing well together, well-co-ordinated
  26. Denoting play in set scrums and line-outs (rugby)
adverb
  1. Tightly
  2. Soundly
noun (rugby)

Tight play

combining form

Signifying proof against or impervious to the thing specified

ORIGIN: Earlier thight, appar from an older form of ON thēttr, influenced by various Eng words of similar meaning; cf Ger dicht

tightˈen transitive verb and intransitive verb

(sometimes with up) to make or grow tight or tighter

tightˈener noun

  1. A person or thing that tightens
  2. A tensor (anatomy)
  3. A heavy meal (slang)

tightˈish adjective

tightˈishly adverb

tightˈly adverb

tightˈness noun

tights plural noun

  1. A close-fitting garment, often made of nylon, covering the lower part of the body and the legs esp as worn by women and girls as an alternative to stockings
  2. Close-fitting men's breeches (historical)

tight arse or (N American) tight ass noun (slang)

  1. A mean, tight-fisted person
  2. An excessively conservative or repressed person

tight end noun (American football)

A player who is positioned at the outside of the offensive line

tightˈ-fisted adjective (informal)

Stingy

tight-head prop noun (rugby)

The prop forward on the right of the front row of the scrum in either team

tight junction noun (biology)

A junction between epithelial cells where the membranes are in close contact, with no intervening intercellular space

tight-knitˈ or tightly-knitˈ adjective

  1. Close-knit
  2. Closely integrated
  3. Tightly organized

tight-laceˈ transitive verb and intransitive verb

(of clothing) to tie tightly, so compressing the waist

tight-lacedˈ or tightˈ-lace adjective

Strait-laced

tight-lāˈcer noun

tight-lāˈcing noun

Compression of the waist by tight clothes

tightˈ-lipped adjective

Uncommunicative

tightˈrope noun

  1. A taut rope or wire on which feats of balancing and acrobatics are performed
  2. A middle course between dangerous or undesirable alternatives (figurative)

tightˈwad noun (informal; esp N American)

A skinflint, miser

tightˈy-whitˈies plural noun (US inf)

Men's brief underpants

a tight corner or spot

A difficult situation

run a tight ship

To be in control of an efficient, well-run organization or group

tighten the screws

To increase pressure (esp on someone to do something)
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