knit

英 [nɪt]

美 [nɪt]

v. 编织; 针织; 机织; 织平针; (使)紧密结合，严密，紧凑
n. 编织的衣服; 针织衫

现在分词：knitting　过去分词：knitted　过去式：knit　第三人称单数：knits　复数：knits　

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习惯用语

knit your brow(s)

皱眉（表示沉思、恼怒等）
to move your eyebrows together, to show that you are thinking hard, feeling angry, etc.

牛津词典

verb

编织；针织；机织
to make clothes, etc. from wool or cotton thread using two long thin knitting needles or a machine
1. I knitted this cardigan myself.
  我自己织的这件开襟毛衣。
2. She's knitting the baby a shawl.
  她在给宝宝织一床小被子。
3. Lucy was sitting on the sofa, knitting.
  露西坐在沙发上织毛线活儿。
织平针
to use a basic stitch in knitting
1. Knit one row, purl one row.
  织一趟平针，织一趟反针。
（使）紧密结合，严密，紧凑
to join people or things closely together or to be joined closely together
1. a closely/tightly knit community (= one in which relationships are very close)
  紧密团结的群体
2. Society is knit together by certain commonly held beliefs.
  社会是靠某些共同的信念来维系的。
（使）愈合，接合
to grow together again to form one piece; to make broken bones grow together again
1. The bone failed to knit correctly.
  骨头愈合得不好。

noun

编织的衣服；针织衫
a piece of clothing that has been knitted
1. winter knits
  编织的冬衣

柯林斯词典

The past tense can be either knit or knitted for meaning 4. knit和knitted均可用作义项4的过去式。

VERB 编织；针织；机织
If youknitsomething, especially an article of clothing, you make it from wool or a similar thread by using two knitting needles or a machine.
1. I had endless hours to knit and sew...
  我整天无休止地编织缝纫。
2. I have already started knitting baby clothes...
  我已经开始给宝宝织衣服了。
3. She knitted him 10 pairs of socks to take with him...
  她给他织了10双袜子让他带走。
4. During the war, Joan helped her mother knit scarves for soldiers...
  战争期间，琼帮妈妈给战士们织围巾。
5. She pushed up the sleeves of her grey knitted cardigan and got to work.
  她撸起身上灰色开襟毛衣的衣袖开始工作。
6. Knitis also a combining form.
  （亦可用于构词）
7. Ferris wore a heavy knit sweater.
  费里斯身着一件织得厚厚的毛衣。
8. ...a cotton-knit sweater.
  棉针织衫
9. ...hand-knit garments.
  手工编织的衣服
VERB 使紧密结合；使严密；使紧凑
If someone or somethingknitsthings or peopletogether, they make them fit or work together closely and successfully.
1. The best thing about sport is that it knits the whole family close together...
  体育运动最大的益处在于它使整个家庭紧密地团结在一起。
2. Ordinary people have some reservations about their president's drive to knit them so closely to their neighbors.
  普通百姓对总统号召人们邻里间亲密相处的动机心存疑虑。
3. Knitis also a combining form.
  （亦可用于构词）
4. ...a closer-knit family.
  关系更加亲密的家庭
5. ...a tightly knit society.
  紧密团结的社会
VERB （骨头）愈合，接合
When broken bonesknit, the broken pieces grow together again.
1. The bone hasn't knitted together properly.
  骨头愈合得不好。
2. ...broken bones that have failed to knit.
  没能愈合好的断骨
PHRASE 皱眉（表示恼怒、担忧）
If youknityourbrowsorknityoureyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried.
1. They knitted their brows and started to grumble...
  他们皱着眉头抱怨起来。
2. Billy's eyebrows knitted together in a little frown.
  比利眉头微皱。

英英释义

noun

needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
Synonym:knittingknitwork
a basic knitting stitch
Synonym:knit stitchplainplain stitch
a fabric made by knitting

verb

to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
1. She puckered her lips
Synonym:puckerrumplecocklecrumple
make (textiles) by knitting
1. knit a scarf
tie or link together
Synonym:entwine

双语例句

They knitted their brows and started to grumble
他们皱着眉头抱怨起来。
She knitted him 10 pairs of socks to take with him
她给他织了10双袜子让他带走。
I want to knit a beautiful sweater for my husband, but I'm all thumbs.
我想给我丈夫织一件好看的毛线衣，但我手太笨了。
I want to knit a sweater, but I don't know how to begin.
我想织毛衣，可不会起头儿。
Billy's eyebrows knitted together in a little frown.
比利眉头微皱。
Ordinary people have some reservations about their president's drive to knit them so closely to their neighbors.
普通百姓对总统号召人们邻里间亲密相处的动机心存疑虑。
I say I love the sweater that my grandma knit;
我说我喜欢奶奶的织毛衣。
I had endless hours to knit and sew
我整天无休止地编织缝纫。
I have already started knitting baby clothes
我已经开始给宝宝织衣服了。
There is a general feeling that a way out of the impasse has been found, and people no longer knit their brows in despair.
大家以为有了出路，愁眉锁眼的姿态为之一扫。