mitt
/mɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /mɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈmit/ (ame, mw)
mitt — noun
- mittsingular
- mittsplural
1. a thick padded leather glove that baseball players wear on one hand so they can
a thick padded leather glove that baseball players wear on one hand so they can catch the hard ball without hurting themselves.
Gabriel oiled his old catcher's mitt before every game last summer.
common collocation: catcher's mitt
The ball smacked into Lisa's mitt with a loud thud.
typical pattern: ball + into + [name]'s mitt
Coach Andrés handed each new player a brown leather mitt at practice.
Tyler bought a left-handed fielder's mitt for his ten-year-old daughter.
Esme's mitt was so worn that the leather laces had started to come apart.
- glove
broader term; a baseball glove can refer to any fielder's glove, while 'mitt' often implies the thicker catcher's or first-baseman's style
- catcher's mitt
specifically the round, heavily padded mitt worn by the catcher behind home plate
文法句型
a [adjective] mitt
catcher's mitt
用法筆記
Almost always American English; British speakers usually say 'baseball glove' even for the same object. Often modified by the position name (catcher's, fielder's, first baseman's).
常見錯誤
2. a soft glove built so that all four fingers share one big pocket while the thumb
a soft glove built so that all four fingers share one big pocket while the thumb sits in its own pocket, used to keep hands warm in cold weather or to protect them from heat.
Élise knitted her grandson a pair of red woollen mitts for his birthday.
common pattern: a pair of [adj] mitts
Always use a thick oven mitt when lifting a hot roasting tray.
fixed compound: oven mitt
Sade pulled on her ski mitts before stepping out into the snowstorm.
The toddler kept yanking off his mitts every time his mother put them on.
Lakan lost one of his favourite blue mitts on the bus ride home.
- mitten
fuller form; 'mitt' is the shorter, more conversational variant — they refer to the same object
- oven glove
British equivalent of 'oven mitt'; refers specifically to the heat-protective kitchen version
- glove
in the strict sense: a glove has a separate pocket for each finger, a mitt groups four fingers together
文法句型
a pair of mitts
oven mitt
用法筆記
Frequently appears in compounds (oven mitt, ski mitt, boxing mitt). The kitchen-glove sense ('oven mitt') is fully standard in both American and British English even though plain 'mitt' for a winter glove is more often British or older usage.
常見錯誤
3. a person's hand, used in casual or joking speech, especially when talking about
a person's hand, used in casual or joking speech, especially when talking about touching, grabbing, or taking something.
Keep your sticky mitts off my chocolate cake, Mert!
fixed phrase: keep your mitts off [something]
Gita finally got her mitts on a signed copy of the novel.
fixed phrase: get one's mitts on something
The little boy plunged both mitts into the bowl of cookie dough.
Don't put your dirty mitts on the freshly painted wall.
文法句型
get one's mitts on something
keep your mitts off
用法筆記
Almost always plural in this slang sense. Most natural in two fixed patterns: 'get one's mitts on [something desired]' (acquire) and 'keep your mitts off [something]' (warning not to touch).