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這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 small piece · past tense of bite

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bit

n, r

核心畫面

You can picture 'bit' as a small piece broken or bitten off something bigger — a crumb, a chip, a fragment. Once you hold that picture of 'a small piece', everything else follows: a small piece of stuff becomes a small amount, a small amount stretched over a sentence becomes 'a little / slightly', and a small piece of a job or story becomes 'a part'.

可以想成從一個大東西上掰下來、咬下來的一小塊——一塊碎屑、一個小片、一小角。抓住「一小塊」這個畫面，後面全都長得出來…更多收起可以想成從一個大東西上掰下來、咬下來的一小塊——一塊碎屑、一個小片、一小角。抓住「一小塊」這個畫面，後面全都長得出來：一小塊東西就是「一點點的量」，把這一點點鋪到句子裡就成了「有點、稍微」，而從一件工作或一個故事裡切下來的一小塊就成了「一部分」。

A second word, same spelling

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bit

v

核心畫面

This 'bit' is simply the past tense of the verb 'bite' — to have cut into something with your teeth. It is a different word from the noun 'a bit (a small piece)'; here 'bit' just means 'bited' would, if English worked that way. Think of the moment teeth close on something: the dog bit me yesterday.

這個 bit 其實是動詞 bite（咬）的過去式，和上面表示「一小塊」的名詞 bit 是不同的字。可以想成牙齒咬下去…更多收起這個 bit 其實是動詞 bite（咬）的過去式，和上面表示「一小塊」的名詞 bit 是不同的字。可以想成牙齒咬下去的那一刻：昨天那隻狗咬了我（the dog bit me）。它只是 bite 的過去形，本身沒有別的意思。

原始詞典資料35 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Bitname

  • 1

    An Austroasiatic language spoken in China and Laos.

bitnoun詞源 1/ˈbɪt/

  • 1

    A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.

    • A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth.
  • 2

    A rotary cutting tool, fitted to a drill, brace, or router, used to bore or drill holes or to remove material from the profile of the workpiece.

    • router bit
    • chamfering bit
  • 3

    datedApplied to a various small units of currency and coins.

    • a threepenny bit
  • 4

    historicalApplied to a various small units of currency and coins.

    • A quarter is two bits.
    • He left after shaking her down for four bits for carrying the bags.
  • 5

    obsoleteApplied to a various small units of currency and coins.

    • The smallest coin we had in Canada in early days was a dime, worth ten cents. The Indians called this coin “a Bit”. Our next coin, double in buying power and in size, was a twenty-five cent piece and this the Indians called “Two Bits”.
  • 6

    historicalApplied to a various small units of currency and coins.

    • I trusted to the Lord to be with me; and at one of our trips to St. Eustatia, a Dutch island, I bought a glass tumbler with my half bit, and when I came to Montserrat I sold it for a bit, or sixpence.
  • 7

    historicalApplied to a various small units of currency and coins.

  • 8

    Applied to a various small units of currency and coins.

另外 15 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A small amount of something.

    • There were bits of paper all over the floor.
    • Does your leg still hurt? —Just a bit now.
  • 10

    informalSpecifically, a small amount of time.

    • I'll be there in a bit; I need to take care of something first.
    • He was here just a bit ago, but it looks like he's stepped out.
  • 11

    informalA small fraction above a whole number.

    • The movie lasted for two and a bit hours.
  • 12

    informalhobbieslifestylesportsFractions of a second.

    • The 400 metres race was won in 47 seconds and bits.
  • 13

    A portion of something.

    • I'd like a big bit of cake, please.
    • Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
  • 14

    Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.

    • Am I bored? Not a bit of it!
    • My young companion was a bit of a poet.
  • 15

    A replaceable tip for a hand tool or power tool, comprising the portion that drives a fastener.

    • Near-synonym: driver
    • driver bit
  • 16

    slangA prison sentence, especially a short one.

    • Had it not been for the influence of Mrs. Booth and Hope Hall I should still be grafting or doing a bit in some stir
    • Before doing that I am going to tell you what was the result of my own incarceration, because I presume it may not be a secret to you, that I have done a "bit" myself, not the "bit" which the prosecuting attorney was so anxious to have me do.
  • 17

    An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.

    • His bit about video games was not nearly as entertaining as the other segments of his show.
  • 18

    slangA gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.

    • Are you serious, or is this a bit?
    • Also, I'm bi. I like dudes! ...That's weird to say. Everything I say feels like a bit now, god dammit.
  • 19

    The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.

  • 20

    The cutting iron of a plane.

  • 21

    The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.

  • 22

    BDSMlifestylesexualityA gag of a style similar to a bridle.

  • 23

    A gun.

    • Jimmy: I need to get my hands on some bits. If you’re still in the business. Ronnie (played by Nick Nevern): Oi! Trojan (played by Jean-Paul Van Cauwelaert): Ronnie. […] Trojan: Now that is a SIG Sauer P226.

bitverb詞源 1/ˈbɪt/

  • 1

    To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).

bitadj詞源 2/ˈbɪt/

  • 1

    Having been bitten.

    • Even though he's bit, of course the zombies would still chase him.
    • Fortunately, someone who gets skeeter-bit this much may develop an immunity to the skeeter's saliva

bitnoun詞源 3/ˈbɪt/

  • 1

    computingengineeringmathematicsA binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.

  • 2

    computingengineeringmathematicsThe smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.

  • 3

    computingcryptographyengineeringAny datum that may take on one of exactly two values.

    • status bits on IRC
    • permission bits in a file system
  • 4

    computingengineeringinformation-theoryA unit of measure for information entropy.

    • The researchers found that the original texts spanned a variety of entropy values in different languages, reflecting differences in grammar and structure. But strangely, the difference in entropy between the original, ordered text and the randomly scrambled text was constant across languages. This difference is a way to measure the amount of information encoded in word order, Montemurro says. The amount of information lost when they scrambled the text was about 3.5 bits per word.
  • 5

    A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。