hit
[hit]
n. 击, , 冲撞, 讽刺

vt. , 击, 碰撞, , 袭击, 偶碰

vi. , , 击, 碰撞, 偶碰

[] 击; ; 瞬扰



hit
hitting
[ noun ]

1. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)

<noun.act>
he came all the way around on Williams' hit

2. the act of contacting one thing with another

<noun.act>
repeated hitting raised a large bruise
after three misses she finally got a hit

3. a conspicuous success

<noun.act>
that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career
that new Broadway show is a real smasher
the party went with a bang

4. (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

<noun.event>
the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction

5. a dose of a narcotic drug

<noun.artifact>

6. a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate

<noun.act>
it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit

7. a connection made via the internet to another website

<noun.act>
WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide

[ verb ]

1. cause to move by striking

<verb.contact>
hit a ball

2. hit against; come into sudden contact with

<verb.contact> collide with impinge on run into strike
The car hit a tree
He struck the table with his elbow

3. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

<verb.contact>
He hit her hard in the face

4. reach a destination, either real or abstract

<verb.motion> arrive at attain gain make reach
We hit Detroit by noon
The water reached the doorstep
We barely made it to the finish line
I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts

5. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

<verb.contact> strike
We were hit by really bad weather
He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager
The earthquake struck at midnight

6. hit with a missile from a weapon

<verb.competition> pip shoot

7. encounter by chance

<verb.possession> stumble
I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant

8. gain points in a game

<verb.competition> rack up score tally
The home team scored many times
He hit a home run
He hit .300 in the past season

9. cause to experience suddenly

<verb.perception> come to strike
Panic struck me
An interesting idea hit her
A thought came to me
The thought struck terror in our minds
They were struck with fear

10. make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

<verb.competition> strike
The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939
We must strike the enemy's oil fields
in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2

11. kill intentionally and with premeditation

<verb.social> bump off dispatch murder off polish off remove slay
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered

12. drive something violently into a location

<verb.motion> strike
he hit his fist on the table
she struck her head on the low ceiling

13. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

<verb.motion> attain reach
The thermometer hit 100 degrees
This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour

14. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically

<verb.contact> strike
The pianist strikes a middle C
strike `z' on the keyboard
her comments struck a sour note

15. consume to excess

<verb.consumption>
hit the bottle

16. hit the intended target or goal

<verb.competition>

17. pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

<verb.communication>
He tries to hit on women in bars

Hit \Hit\, pron.
It. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


Hit \Hit\,
3d pers. sing. pres. of {Hide}, contracted from hideth.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.


Hit \Hit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hit}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hitting}.] [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan.
hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.]
1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch,
usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an
object aimed at).

I think you have hit the mark. --Shak.

2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the
occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord
with; to be conformable to; to suit.

Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the
notes right. --Locke.

There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails
with him. --Dryden.

Whose saintly visage is too bright
To hit the sense of human sight. --Milton.

He scarcely hit my humor. --Tennyson.

3. To guess; to light upon or discover. ``Thou hast hit it.''
--Shak.

4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging
to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected
piece on a point.

{To hit off}, to describe with quick characteristic strokes;
as, to hit off a speaker. --Sir W. Temple.

{To hit out}, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] --Spenser.


Hit \Hit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hit}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hitting}.] [OE. hitten, hutten, of Scand. origin; cf. Dan.
hitte to hit, find, Sw. & Icel. hitta.]
1. To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch,
usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an
object aimed at).

I think you have hit the mark. --Shak.

2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the
occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord
with; to be conformable to; to suit.

Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the
notes right. --Locke.

There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails
with him. --Dryden.

Whose saintly visage is too bright
To hit the sense of human sight. --Milton.

He scarcely hit my humor. --Tennyson.

3. To guess; to light upon or discover. ``Thou hast hit it.''
--Shak.

4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging
to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected
piece on a point.

{To hit off}, to describe with quick characteristic strokes;
as, to hit off a speaker. --Sir W. Temple.

{To hit out}, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] --Spenser.


Hit \Hit\, v. i.
1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; --
followed by against or on.

If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and
hit one against another? --Locke.

Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on those bodies,
become conjoined with them. --Woodward.

2. To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed,
-- often with implied chance, or luck.

And oft it hits
Where hope is coldest and despair most fits. --Shak.

And millions miss for one that hits. --Swift.

{To hit on} or {To hit upon}, to light upon; to come to by
chance; to discover unexpectedly; as, he hit on the
solution after days of trying. ``None of them hit upon the
art.'' --Addison.


Hit \Hit.\ adj.
Having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of
entertainment performances; as, a hit song, a hit movie.
[PJC]


Hit \Hit\, n.
1. A striking against; the collision of one body against
another; the stroke that touches anything.

So he the famed Cilician fencer praised,
And, at each hit, with wonder seems amazed.
--Dryden.

2. A stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate
chance; as, he made a hit; esp. A performance, as a
musical recording, movie, or play, which achieved great
popularity or acclaim; also used of books or objects of
commerce which become big sellers; as, the new notebook
computer was a big hit with business travellers.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

What late he called a blessing, now was wit,
And God's good providence, a lucky hit. --Pope.

3. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase
which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.

4. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed
some of his men. It counts less than a {gammon}.

5. (Baseball) A striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul
hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a {base hit}.

6. An act of murder performed for hire, esp. by a
professional assassin.
[PJC]

{Base hit}, {Safe hit}, {Sacrifice hit}. (Baseball) See under
{Base}, {Safe}, etc.