fixing
- IPA[ˈfɪksɪŋ]
英式
- the action of fastening something in place；a screw, bolt, or other item used to fasten or assemble building material, furniture, or equipment
noun: fixing, plural noun: fixings
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the action of fastening something in place the fixing of additional strengthening steelwork
- ▪ British a screw, bolt, or other item used to fasten or assemble building material, furniture, or equipment masonry fixings bikes can be mounted on roof bars with special fixings
- 2. the process of deciding or planning something the fixing of the date of the hearing the fixing of a fair and reasonable price
- ▪ North American the ingredients necessary to make a dish or meal have all the fixings ready before starting
- ▪ North American apparatus or equipment for a particular purpose picnic fixings
- 3. the action of mending or repairing something the roof needs fixing problems in need of fixing
- 4. informal the illegal or underhand influencing of the outcome of something such as a race, match, or election police investigating the alleged fixing of horse races several laws restricted the fixing of retail prices
