knit
verb In senses 3 and 4 knit is usually used for the past tense and past participle.Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they knit | |
| he / she / it knits | |
| past simple knitted | |
| past participle knitted | |
| -ing form knitting |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to make clothes, etc. from wool, cotton or other thread using two long thin knitting needles or a machine 编织；针织；机织 - knit (something)
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。 - knit somebody something
She's knitting the baby a shawl. 她在给宝宝织一床小被子。
- knit (something)
- [transitive, intransitive] knit (something)
to use a basic stitch in knitting 织平针 - [transitive, intransitive] knit (somebody/something) (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。
- [intransitive, transitive] knit (something)
(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 More Like This Silent lettersSilent letters
Word OriginOld English cnyttan, of West Germanic origin; related to German dialect knütten, also to knot. The original sense was ‘tie in or with a knot’, hence ‘join, unite’ (sense (3)); an obsolete Middle English sense ‘knot string to make a net’ gave rise to sense (1).
Idioms
knit your brow(s)
to move your eyebrows together, to show that you are thinking hard, feeling angry, etc. 皱眉（表示沉思、恼怒等） His brows were knitted in a permanent frown. 他的眉头永远皱在一起。 She knitted her brows in concentration. 她全神贯注地皱着眉头。
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