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Knit Past Knitting Knitted   [V N Closely Tense

The word "knit" primarily means to create fabric by interlocking loops of yarn using needles or a machine. It can also mean to join things or people closely together, for bones to heal and join, or to frown with worry or anger. The past tense can be "knit" or "knitted" for the first meaning.

The word "knit" primarily means to create fabric by interlocking loops of yarn using needles or a machine. It can also mean to join things or people closely together, for bones to heal and join, or to frown with worry or anger. The past tense can be "knit" or "knitted" for the first meaning.

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/nɪ̱t/
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。
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[VERB 动词]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.
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  [usu ADJ n]
  • 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。

  • She knitted him 10 pairs of socks to take with him...

    她给他织了10双袜子让他带走。

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • Knit is also a combining form.(亦可用于构词)
    • Ferris wore a heavy knit sweater.

      费里斯身着一件织得厚厚的毛衣。

    • ...a cotton-knit sweater.

      棉针织衫

    • ...hand-knit garments.

      手工编织的衣服

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  • Pattern charts with small print are often difficult for older knitters to use.

    上了年纪的针织工使用小的图样时通常很不方便。

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V n with together]
  [V n to/into n]
  [Also V n]
  • 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。

  • 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。

  • Knit is also a combining form.(亦可用于构词)
    • ...a closer-knit family.

      关系更加亲密的家庭

    • ...a tightly knit society.

      紧密团结的社会

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[VERB 动词](骨头)愈合,接合 When broken bones knit, the broken pieces grow together again.
  [V together]
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  • The bone hasn't knitted together properly.

    骨头愈合得不好。

  • ...broken bones that have failed to knit.

    没能愈合好的断骨

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[PHRASE 短语]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.
  [V inflects]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • They knitted their brows and started to grumble...

    他们皱着眉头抱怨起来。

  • Billy's eyebrows knitted together in a little frown.

    比利眉头微皱。


Oxford knit / nɪt ; NAmE nɪt /
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knit knits knitted knitting
verb ( knit·ted , knit·ted ) HELP  In senses 3 and 4 knitis usually used for the past tense and past participle. 作第 3 及第 4 义时,过去时和过去分词常用 knit。 1 [transitive ,  intransitive ] to make clothes, etc. from wool or cotton thread using two long thin knitting needles or a machine 编织;针织;机织 knit(sth) I knitted this cardigan myself. 我自己织的这件开襟毛衣。 Lucy was sitting on the sofa, knitting. 露西坐在沙发上织毛线活儿。 knitsb sth She's knitting the baby a shawl. 她在给宝宝织一床小被子。 2 [transitive ,  intransitive ] knit(sth) to use a basic stitchin knitting 织平针 Knit one row, purl one row. 织一趟平针,织一趟反针。 3 [transitive ,  intransitive ] knit(sb/sth) (together) to join people or things closely together or to be joined closely together (使)紧密结合,严密,紧凑 a closely/tightly knit community (= one in which relationships are very close) 紧密团结的群体 Society is knit together by certain commonly held beliefs. 社会是靠某些共同的信念来维系的。 4 [intransitive ,  transitive ] knit(sth) (of broken bones 断骨 ) to grow together again to form one piece; to make broken bones grow together again (使)愈合,接合 SYN
mend
The bone failed to knit correctly. 骨头愈合得不好。
IDIOM knit your ˈbrow(s) to move your eyebrowstogether, to show that you are thinking hard, feeling angry, etc. 皱眉(表示沉思、恼怒等) SYN
frown
noun [usually plural ] a piece of clothing that has been knitted 编织的衣服;针织衫 winter knits 编织的冬衣 knit / nɪt ; NAmE nɪt /
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knitknit /nɪt/ ●●○ verb (present participle knitting) [intransitive, transitive]
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1 (past tense and past participle knitted) to make clothing out of wool, using two knitting needlescrochet:  My grandmother taught me how to knit. She’s knitting a sweater.knit somebody something Emily knitted him some socks.2 (past tense and past participle knitted) to use a plain (=basic) knitting stitch:  Knit one, purl one.3 (past tense and past participle knit) to join people, things, or ideas more closely together, or to be joined closely togetherknit together In a good report, individual sentences knit together in a clear way that readers can follow.closely/tightly etc knit (=with all the members having close relationships) a closely knit community Harold is part of a tightly knit team.4 (past tense and past participle knit) a bone that knits after being broken grows into one piece againknit together The pin holds the bones in place while they knit together.5knit your brows to show you are worried, thinking hard etc by moving your eyebrows togetherknitter noun [countable]
close-knit
, tight-knit
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knit

[nɪt]knit, knitted, knitting, knits

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knitted[562] knitting[2118]
编织(76%),结合(10%),皱眉(9%),密接(5%)
vi.编织;结合;皱眉
vt.编织;结合
n.编织衣物;编织法

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