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。
1 VERB 编织;针织;机织 If you knit something, especially an article of clothing, you make it from wool or a similar thread by using two knitting needles or a machine. 编织;针织;机织 [Also VERB n + into]
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I had endless hours to knit and sew. [VERB]
我整天无休止地编织缝纫。
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I have already started knitting baby clothes. [VERB noun]
我已经开始给宝宝织衣服了。
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She knitted him 10 pairs of socks to take with him. [VERB noun noun]
她给他织了10双袜子让他带走。
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During the war, Joan helped her mother knit scarves for soldiers. [VERB noun + for]
战争期间,琼帮妈妈给战士们织围巾。
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She pushed up the sleeves of her grey knitted cardigan and got to work. [VERB-ed]
她撸起身上灰色开襟毛衣的衣袖开始工作。
Knit is also a combining form.
(亦可用于构词) 2 VERB 使紧密结合;使严密;使紧凑 If someone or something knits things or people together, they make them fit or work together closely and successfully. 使紧密结合;使严密;使紧凑 [Also VERB n]
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The best thing about sport is that it knits the whole family close together. [VERB noun with 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。
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Ordinary people have some reservations about their president's drive to knit them so closely to their neighbors. [V n + to/into]
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。
SYN join, unite, link, tie
Knit is also a combining form.
(亦可用于构词) 3 VERB (骨头)愈合,接合 When broken bones knit, the broken pieces grow together again. (骨头)愈合,接合
SYN heal, unite, join, link
4 PHRASE 皱眉(表示恼怒、担忧) If you knit your brows or knit your eyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried. 皱眉(表示恼怒、担忧) [literary]
Word Partnership | Use knit with: |
N. | knit a jumper 1 |
ADV. | closely/tightly knit, knit together 2 |
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