( knitting; past and past participle knitted,或［尤用于义项2］ knit)
1
- with obj. make (a garment, blanket, etc.) by interlocking loops of wool or other yarn with knitting needles or on a machine编织（衣物、毯子等）。
1.1
- make (a stitch or row of stitches) in such a way织（一针）, 织（一行）。
1.2
- make (a plain stitch) in knitting织（平针）：
knit one, purl one.
平织一针, 反织一针。
2
- no obj. become united团结起来：
disparate regions had begun to knit together under the king
各持己见的地区开始在国王的领导下团结起来
as adj., with submodifier (knit) a closely knit family.紧密团结的一家人。
2.1
- (of parts of a broken bone) become joined（断骨）接上。
2.2
- with obj. cause to unite or combine使团结, 使联合：
he knitted together a squad of players other clubs had disregarded.
他把其他俱乐部漠视的一班选手联合起来。
3
- with obj. tighten (one's eyebrows) in a frown of concentration, disapproval, or anxiety皱紧, 皱（眉）。
3.1
- no obj.(of someone's eyebrows) tighten in such a frown（人的眉头）紧皱：
Kate's heavy brows knitted together.
凯特紧锁双眉。
noun
knits
- knitted garments编织的衣物, 织物。
派生词
knitter
noun词源
Old English cnyttan, of West Germanic origin; related to German dialect knütten, also to KNOT1. The original sense was 'tie in or with a knot', hence 'join, unite' (sense 2); an obsolete Middle English sense 'knot string to make a net' gave rise to sense 1.