fit3 ●●○ noun 1 emotion 情感 [countableC]EMOTIONAL a time when you feel an emotion very strongly and cannot control your behaviour 〔感情的〕冲动,一阵发作fit of She killed him in a fit of temper. 她一怒之下杀了他。
He quit his job in a fit of drunken depression. 他酒后一时消沉辞了职。
2 lose consciousness 失去知觉 [countableC]MI a short period of time when someone loses consciousness and cannot control their body because their brain is not working properly 昏厥抽搐 She used to have fits as a baby. 她在婴儿时期经常昏厥抽搐。
people who suffer from epileptic fits 患有癫痫的人
3 laugh/cough 笑/咳嗽 [countableC]PERIOD OF TIME a short time during which you laugh or cough a lot in a way that you cannot control 突发,一阵 He had a violent coughing fit. 他一阵剧烈咳嗽。
fit of The girls collapsed into a fit of the giggles. 女孩们突然咯咯地笑起来。
We were all in fits of laughter trying to clear up the mess. 我们大家一边收拾残局,一边笑得前仰后合。
Carl had us all in fits (=made us laugh a lot) with his stories. 卡尔的故事把我们大家逗得笑声阵阵。
4 have/throw a fit informalANGRY to be very angry or shocked 大发脾气;大吃一惊 If your mother finds out about this, she’ll have a fit. 如果你母亲知道这事,她会大发脾气的。
have/throw a fit• I have fitted the 31/10.15 tyres to 15 x 7 rims.• It would definitely not have fitted those of Marthe and myself.• The 2-year-old threw fits, but not just the normal toddler tantrums.• She continued to have fits and suffered serious and permanent brain damage.• Mom's going to have a fit when she sees what you've done.• He started to have fits and he suffered permanent damage.• There must be hundreds, maybe thousands, of sea anglers who have fitted a Decca-receiving navigator to their own boat.• But it was clear to all that the then Massachusetts governor would have fit snugly into the capital cocoon.• He would have fit in perfectly back in 1956, the last time they had a Subway Series. 5 FIT/BE THE RIGHT SIZEright size 正确的尺寸 [singular] the way in which something fits on your body or fits into a space 合身;适合 The dress was a perfect fit. 这条连衣裙非常合身。
I managed to get everything into the suitcase, but it was a tight fit. 我终于把所有东西都塞进了手提箱,不过最后是满满当当了。
6 suitable 适合的 [singular] formalSAME if there is a fit between two things, they are similar to each other or are suitable for each other 匹配,相配fit between We must be sure that there’s a fit between the needs of the children and the education they receive. 我们必须确保孩子们的需要和他们受到的教育相匹配。
7 in/by fits and starts REGULARif something happens in fits and starts, it does not happen smoothly, but keeps starting and then stopping again 一阵阵地,间歇地 Technology advances by fits and starts. 技术进步断断续续。
He spoke in fits and starts. 他时断时续地说着话。
fit• I began running about a month ago to improve my physical fitness.• The magazine contained several articles about healthy eating, fitness, and exercise.• I had a coughing fit that lasted nearly an hour.• He started to have fits and he suffered permanent damage.• But his proposals for electoral reform, now moving ahead in fits and starts, contain no such provision.• This means the machine tends to go forward in fits and starts, sometimes quite quickly but at other times embarrassingly slowly.• The boy had a history of fits.• I wanted him back because I thought he was a perfect fit for David as far as being vocal. epileptic fits• After Darren was born, he had to stay in hospital an extra ten days because he suffered from epileptic fits.• He had not spoken once since arriving at the unit and had suffered numerous epileptic fits.• Mr Ballantyne said that he ran out of a drug used to control Mr Stockton's epileptic fits.• Doctors at the National Epilepsy centre at the Park hospital in Oxford carry out research into what can trigger epileptic fits. in fits of laughter• He had the entire audience in fits of laughter.• They looked really comical, and Frankie and I were in fits of laughter trying to help them. tight fit• It was going to be a tight fit.• Life must go on, and eight records makes for a tight fit in a 40-minute programme.• After turning the Disc you have a tighter fit, but not necessarily a better one.• We arrive in Paris, and make a tight fit into a tiny chambre de bonne in the Fifteenth Arrondissement.• He got up as quickly as the tight fit of the table in the breakfast nook would allow.• This tighter fit enables caffeine to plug the receptor, thus preventing adenosine from binding. fit between• There must be a fit between the children's needs and the education they receive.
From Longman Business Dictionary
fitfit1 /fɪt/ verb (past tensepst fitted also fit American EnglishAmE, present participle fitting) [transitiveT] to put a piece of equipment into place, or a new part on a machinefit something on/to somethingInteractive entertainment systems have been fitted on all the airline’s 747s.
Anti-theft devices are fitted to all our cars.
fit something with somethingInsurance is cheaper for homes fitted with alarms.