单词 | fix |
例句 | fix verb 1.•he fixed my washing machine:repair, mend, put right, put to rights, get working, restore (to working order) | overhaul, service, renovate, recondition. 2.•signs were fixed to utility poles:fasten, attach, affix, secure | join, connect, couple, link | install, implant, embed | stick, glue, pin, nail, screw, bolt, clamp, clip. 3.•his words are fixed in my memory:stick, lodge, embed, burned, branded. 4.•his eyes were fixed on the ground:focus, direct, level, point, train. 5.informal •Laura was fixing her hair:arrange, put in order, adjust | style, groom, comb, brush | informal do. 6.informal •Chris will fix supper:prepare, cook, make, get | informal rustle up, whip up. 7.•let's fix a date for the meeting:decide on, select, choose, resolve on | determine, settle, set, arrange, establish, allot | designate, name, appoint, specify. 8.•chemicals are used to fix the dye:make permanent, make fast, set. 9.informal •the fight was fixed:rig, arrange fraudulently | tamper with, influence | informal fiddle. 10.informal •don't tell anybody, or I'll fix you! get one's revenge on, avenge oneself on, get even with, get back at, take reprisals against, punish, deal with | sort someone out. 11.•the cat has been fixed:castrate, neuter, geld, spay, desex, sterilize | informal doctor, alter.▶noun informal 1.•they are in a bit of a fix:predicament, plight, difficulty, awkward situation, corner, tight spot | mess, mare's nest, dire straits | informal pickle, jam, hole, scrape, bind, sticky situation. 2.•he needed his fix:dose | informal hit. 3.•a quick fix for the coal industry:solution, answer, resolution, way out, remedy, cure, placebo | informal magic bullet, band-aid solution. 4.•the result was a complete fix:fraud, swindle, trick, charade, sham | informal setup, fiddle. PHRASES fixing to •are you fixing to start a fight? about to, ready to, all set to, preparing to, getting ready to, intending to, soon to | on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of. fix up informal •we need to get Dolly fixed up with a job:provide, supply, furnish. WORD NOTE fixing to If you grew up in the South, you used this expression a lot, and no other synonymous phrase—not preparing to, not getting ready to or about to —quite conveys the combination of determined intent with a hint of threat, as in, “Look out, I'm fixing to come over there….” — DAConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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