资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

hitting
     See {hit}

hitting
     n : the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated
         hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she
         finally got a hit" [syn: {hit}, {striking}]

hit
     n 1: (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest
          (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on
          Williams' hit"
     2: the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated
        hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she
        finally got a hit" [syn: {hitting}, {striking}]
     3: a conspicuous success; "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"
        [syn: {smash}, {smasher}, {strike}, {bang}]
     4: (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come
        together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an
        exchange of energy and a change of direction" [syn: {collision}]
     5: a dose of a narcotic drug
     6: a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all
        the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
     7: a connection made via the internet to another website;
        "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
     [also: {hitting}]

hit
     v 1: cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
     2: hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a
        tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" [syn: {strike},
         {impinge on}, {run into}, {collide with}] [ant: {miss}]
     3: affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit
        by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when
        he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at
        midnight" [syn: {strike}]
     4: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument;
        "He hit her hard in the face"
     5: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "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" [syn: {reach}, {make},
        {attain}, {arrive at}, {gain}]
     6: reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The
        thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed
        of 140 miles per hour" [syn: {reach}, {attain}]
     7: hit with a missile from a weapon [syn: {shoot}, {pip}]
     8: cause to experience suddenly; "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" [syn: {strike}, {come to}]
     9: make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy,
        opponent, or a target; "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" [syn: {strike}]
     10: hit the intended target or goal
     11: produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical
         instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a
         middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments
         struck a sour note" [syn: {strike}]
     12: encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin
         last night in a restaurant" [syn: {stumble}]
     13: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times";
         "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
         [syn: {score}, {tally}, {rack up}]
     14: consume to excess; "hit the bottle"
     15: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss
         ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: {murder}, {slay}, {dispatch},
          {bump off}, {polish off}, {remove}]
     16: drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist
         on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
         [syn: {strike}]
     17: pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to;
         "He tries to hit on women in bars"
     [also: {hitting}]