knit

knit
(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）
    ■make (a stitch or row of stitches) in such a way
    织（一针)，织（一行）
    ■make (a plain stitch) in knitting
    织（平针）
    knit one, purl one.
    平织一针，倒织一针。
  2. [no obj.]become united
    团结起来
    disparate regions had begun to knit together under the king.
    四分五裂的地区开始在国王的领导下团结起来。
    [as adj., with submodifier]a closely knit family.
    团结紧密的家庭。
    ■(of parts of a broken bone) become joined
    （断骨）接上
    ■[with obj.]cause to unite or combine
    使团结，使联合
    he knitted together a squad of players other clubs had disregarded.
    他把其他俱乐部淘汰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）
    ■[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
  1. (knits)knitted garments
    编织的衣物，织物
派生
knitter
noun
语源
  1. Old 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 2); an obsolete Middle English sense 'knot string to make a net' gave rise to sense 1
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