/nɪt; nɪt/
v (-tt-, pt, pp knitted; in sense 3, usu 用于下述第三义时通常作knit)
1 [I, Tn, Dn.n, Dn.pr] ~ sth (for sb) make (a garment or fabric) by forming wool, silk, etc yarn into connecting loops, either by hand (using long needles) or on a machine 编织, 针织（衣物等）
*Do you know how to knit? 你会织毛活儿吗?
* She knitted her son a sweater. 她给儿子织了一件毛衣.
2 [I, Tn] (in knitting instructions) make a plain (ie not a purl) stitch （编织法中）织（平针）
*knit one, purl one 织一正针、一反针.
3 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p] ~ (sth) (together)(cause sth to) join or grow firmly together （使某物）连接或牢固地长在一起
*The broken bones have knit (together) well. 断骨已愈合良好.
* a well-knit frame, ie a compact sturdy body 结实的体格
* (fig 比喻) a closely-knit argument 严密的论据
* (fig 比喻) The two groups are knit together by common interests. 这两集团因有共同利益而联合在一起.
4 (idm 习语) knit one's `brow(s) frown 皱眉.

v present participleknitting [I and T]

[Language: Old English;Origin: cnyttan]
past tense and past participleknitted
to make clothing out of wool, using two knitting needles
→crochet
　My grandmother taught me how to knit.
　She's knitting a sweater.
knit sb sth
　Emily knitted him some socks.
past tense and past participleknitted
to use a plain (=basic) knitting stitch
　Knit one, purl one.
past tense and past participleknit
to join people, things, or ideas more closely together, or to be joined closely together
knit together
　In a good report, individual sentences knit together in a clear way that readers can follow.
closely/tightly etc knit
(=with all the members having close relationships)
　a closely knit community
　Harold is part of a tightly knit team.
past tense and past participleknit
a bone that knits after being broken grows into one piece again
knit together
　The pin holds the bones in place while they knit together.
knit your brows
to show you are worried, thinking hard etc by moving your eyebrows together
>knittern[C]
→close-knit, tight-knit