Word · Frequency #24657

chit

/tʃit/

noun

毛丫头；冒失的年轻女子

a cheeky or impertinent young person, especially a young woman

常用于 a chit of a girl，含戏谑或不以为然之意

1.
A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
小孩或婴儿；年轻、微小或无足轻重的人或动物
2.
The embryonic growing bud of a plant.
植物的胚芽
3.
A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.
活泼或无礼的年轻人,尤指年轻女性

小孩；幼崽；小不点儿；芽；胚芽；小孩或婴儿；年轻、微小或无足轻重的人或动物；植物的胚芽；活泼或无礼的年轻人,尤指年轻女性

In use

That young chit thinks she knows everything.

那个黄毛丫头以为她什么都懂。

Don't be such a chit; listen to your elders.

别这么轻佻，听长辈的话。

He dismissed her as a mere chit and wouldn't take her seriously.

他认为她不过是个黄毛丫头，不愿认真对待她。

little chit: 小不点；小毛头; He was just a little chit when I first met him, but he has grown into a fine young man.我第一次见他时他还是个小不点，如今已长成一个英俊的年轻人。
potato chits: 土豆芽；马铃薯芽; Cut off any potato chits before boiling the potatoes.煮土豆前先把土豆芽切掉。
chit of a girl: 毛丫头；黄毛丫头; The new assistant is a chit of a girl, but she handles the customers very well.新来的助理是个黄毛丫头，但她待客很棒。

a chit of a girl: 黄毛丫头；乳臭未干的小丫头Don't dismiss her just because she's a chit of a girl.别因为她是个黄毛丫头就不把她当回事。
a saucy chit: 伶牙俐齿的小丫头；爱顶嘴的姑娘As a girl, she was a saucy chit who always spoke her mind.她小时候是个伶牙俐齿的丫头，向来想到什么就说什么。

把 chit 拆成 ch + it：一个小“it”（它），所以指小孩、小不点、幼芽，也指冒失的小丫头。

语域：informal 常见场景：casual conversation、literary fiction 在“冒失的年轻女子/毛丫头”这一义项上，多用于口语，也见于文学作品，带戏谑或轻微贬义，略显老派；常见搭配是“chit of a girl”。

常用于贬义

chit 与 bit、fit、hit、kit、pit、sit 押韵，韵母都是 /-ɪt/。注意形近词发音不同：chat /tʃæt/、cheat /tʃiːt/、chute /ʃuːt/。

页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。

Dictionary facts from AI_FALLBACK, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.