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編織品;編織物;編織法

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Knit \Knit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knit} or {Knitted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Knitting}.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr.
   cnotta knot; akin to Icel. kn?ta, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte. See
   {Knot}.]
   1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as
      cord; to fasten by tying.

            A great sheet knit at the four corners. --Acts x.
                                                  11.

            When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher
            about your brows.                     --Shak.

   2. To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn
      or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of
      needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit
      stockings.

   3. To join; to cause to grow together.

            Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are
            under a discharge.                    --Wiseman.

   4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit
      together in love.

            Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. --Shak.

            Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light
            fantastic round.                      --Milton.

            A link among the days, toknit The generations each
            to each.                              --Tennyson.

   5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

            He knits his brow and shows an angry eye. --Shak.

Knitting \Knit"ting\, n.
   1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.

   2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones.

   {Knitting machine}, one of a number of contrivances for
      mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like.

   {Knitting ?eedle}, a stiff rod, as of steel wire, with
      rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a fabric,
      as in stockings.

   {Knitting sheath}, a sheath to receive the end of a needle in
      knitting.

資料來源 : WordNet®

knit
     n 1: a fabric made by knitting [syn: {knitted fabric}]
     2: a basic knitting stitch [syn: {knit stitch}, {plain}, {plain
        stitch}]
     3: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of
        connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by
        machine [syn: {knitting}, {knitwork}]
     [also: {knitting}, {knitted}]

knitting
     n 1: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of
          connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by
          machine [syn: {knit}, {knitwork}]
     2: creating knitted wear

knit
     v 1: make (textiles) by knitting; "knit a scarf"
     2: tie or link together [syn: {entwine}]
     3: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She
        puckered her lips" [syn: {pucker}, {rumple}, {cockle}, {crumple}]
     [also: {knitting}, {knitted}]

knitting
     See {knit}