fixture
/ˈfɪkstʃə(r)/noun
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- a piece of equipment or furniture which is fixed in position in a building or vehicle(房屋或车辆中的)固定装置; 固定家具:
she saw his eyes go to the coat fixture.
她看见他的目光落在了挂外套的架子上。
1.1
fixtures
articles attached to a house or land and considered legally part of it so that they normally remain in place when an owner moves(房屋或土地的)固定附着物(不随所有人的迁移而迁移):the hotel retains many original fixtures and fittings.
这家旅店保留了许多原有的固定附着物和固定装置。比较FITTING(义项1)。
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- informal a person or thing that is established in a particular place or situation〈非正式〉(在某地或某种情形中)已获确认的人(或物); 既定人选(或事物):
the midfielder is set to become a permanent fixture in the England line-up.
这位中场队员决心成为英格兰队的固定中场队员。
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- Brit. a sporting event, especially a match or race, which takes place on a particular date〈英〉(预定的)体育赛事:
there is no under-21 fixture against the English this season.
本赛季没有对英格兰的21岁以下球队的赛事。
词源
late 16th cent. (in the sense 'fixing, becoming fixed'): alteration (first found in Shakespeare) of obsolete fixure (from late Latin fixura, from Latin figere 'to fix'), with t inserted on the pattern of mixture.