Question

fixture

Accepted Answer

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryfix·ture \ˈfiks-chər\ noun ETYMOLOGY modification of Late Latin fixura, from Latin fixus DATE 15981. the act or process of fixing : the state of being fixed2. a. something that is fixed or attached (as to a building) as a permanent appendage or as a structural part a plumbing fixture b. a device for supporting work during machining c. an item of movable property so incorporated into real property that it may be regarded as legally a part of it3. a familiar or invariably present element or feature in some particular setting; especially : a person long associated with a place or activity4. a settled date or time especially for a sporting or festive event; also : such an event especially as a regularly scheduled affairOxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7fixturefix·ture / 5fikstFE(r) / noun1. (BrE) a sports event that has been arranged to take place on a particular date and at a particular place (定期定点举行的)体育活动,体育节: an annual fixture 一年一度的体育节 Saturday's fixture against Liverpool 定于星期六与利物浦队的比赛 the season's fixture list 这个季度的体育活动项目表 2. (especially BrE) a thing such as a bath / bathtub or a toilet that is fixed in a house and that you do not take with you when you move house 固定设施(如房屋内安装的浴缸或抽水马桶): The price of the house includes fixtures and fittings. 房屋价格包括固定装置和附加设备。 (figurative) He has stayed with us so long he seems to have become a permanent fixture. 他在我们这里待了很久,好像成了我们的固定成员。 ⇨ compare fitting n. (2) Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishfixture noun 1 sporting event ADJ. important, major | difficult | away, home | annual, regular | opening | final | international | friendly | league | sporting VERB + FIXTURE play playing an important fixture this evening | fulfil The club was fined for not fulfilling its fixtures at the weekend. | make sth There are plans to make the race an annual fixture. | arrange, schedule | stage The golf club has staged many international fixtures. | postpone FIXTURE + NOUN list a full fixture list of friendly matches PREP. ~ against a home fixture against Leeds 2 sth fixed in a house ADJ. original an exceptional example of Victorian architecture with the original fixtures and fittings intact | permanent (often figurative) The new conductor is now a permanent fixture in the orchestra. PHRASES fixtures and fittingsOLTfixture noun⇨ game 1Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedfix·ture\ˈfikschə(r)\ noun(-s)Etymology: modification (influenced by mixture) of Late Latin fixura, from Latin fixus + -ura -ure1. : the act of fixing : the state of being fixed < its final definite fixture for the 25th was probably due to an attempt to harmonize it with the pre-Christian Roman calendar — G.G.Coulton >2. a. : something that is fixed or attached as a permanent appendage or a structural part < hanging glass fixtures > < a plumbing fixture > specifically : an electric lighting device usually ornamental and permanently mounted in place < fixtures providing enough light to read by > b. (1) : a device for supporting work during machining without guiding the cutting tools (2) : a similar device for holding parts in the correct position during assembly or testing c. (1) : a chattel that has been so wrought into or annexed to realty (as a house) that it may be regarded as legally a part of it usually depending upon such considerations as whether it may be removed without irreparable damage, whether the parties (as landlord and tenant) regarded or are presumed by law to have regarded it as removable, whether its annexation was intended to be permanent and to further the purposes for which the structure is designed, or whether its annexation is really necessary to the contemplated use of the structure or only ornamental or convenient — called also immovable fixture; opposed to fitting (2) : such a chattel still legally the property of the annexer — called also movable fixture (3) : a chattel (as shelving or machinery) annexed to realty for purposes of trade or manufacture and legally still the property of the annexer — called also trade fixture d. : an accessory or article that serves a special purpose < an efficient cooking stove … alone represented the twentieth century in the fixtures of the house — Arnold Bennett > < this new display fixture has been carefully designed to build you year-round sales — Circle & Monogram >3. a. (1) : one of a scheduled series of sporting events (as a game, contest, race) < the winner will then meet the leader of the western section where several fixtures have still to be played — Weekly Scotsman> (2) : a regularly scheduled event (as a festival or exhibition) < a three-monthly classified calendar of fixtures — Britain: Information & Events > < submitting a fairly large team of 2 1/2-year-old rams at this fixture — Westralian Farmers Co-op. Gazette > < racegoers feel there should be more fixtures there — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin > b. : a familiar, invariably present, or permanent item, element, or feature in some particular setting < a simile so vivid that it has become a fixture in anthologies — Bernard DeVoto > < resolved to make foreign economic aid a budget fixture as long as the cold war lasts — Newsweek > especially : a person of long and continued association (as through residence or employment) with some place, activity, or other setting < now a fixture in the stock department, being a member of the office force there — Nightmare > < the year in which he became a fixture at second base — Current Biography > < a fixture in most rosters of the world's best-dressed women — Time >

Fixture A Fixed Permanent Latin The Part Device