mitt
/mɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /mɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈmit/ (ame, mw)
mitt — 名詞
- mittsingular
- mittsplural
1. a thick padded leather glove that baseball players wear on one hand so they can
棒球手套
棒球選手戴在手上接球的厚皮手套
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.
Gabriel 每場比賽前都會幫他那只舊的捕手手套上油。
common collocation: catcher's mitt
The ball smacked into Lisa's mitt with a loud thud.
球「砰」地一聲打進 Lisa 的手套裡。
typical pattern: ball + into + [name]'s mitt
Coach Andrés handed each new player a brown leather mitt at practice.
Andrés 教練在練習時發給每位新球員一只棕色皮製手套。
Tyler bought a left-handed fielder's mitt for his ten-year-old daughter.
Tyler 幫他十歲的女兒買了一只左撇子用的野手手套。
Esme's mitt was so worn that the leather laces had started to come apart.
Esme 的手套已經磨損到皮製綁繩開始散開了。
- 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
連指手套
四指共一袋、拇指分開的保暖或隔熱手套
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.
Élise 為她的孫子織了一雙紅色羊毛連指手套當生日禮物。
common pattern: a pair of [adj] mitts
Always use a thick oven mitt when lifting a hot roasting tray.
在端起滾燙的烤盤時，一定要戴上厚的隔熱手套。
fixed compound: oven mitt
Sade pulled on her ski mitts before stepping out into the snowstorm.
Sade 走進暴風雪之前把滑雪用的連指手套套上。
The toddler kept yanking off his mitts every time his mother put them on.
媽媽每次幫小孩戴上手套，他就馬上把它扯下來。
Lakan lost one of his favourite blue mitts on the bus ride home.
Lakan 在回家的公車上弄丟了一只最喜歡的藍色連指手套。
- 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
手；爪子
口語中對「手」的戲謔說法
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!
Mert，你那雙黏黏的手不准碰我的巧克力蛋糕！
fixed phrase: keep your mitts off [something]
Gita finally got her mitts on a signed copy of the novel.
Gita 終於弄到一本作者親簽的小說。
fixed phrase: get one's mitts on something
The little boy plunged both mitts into the bowl of cookie dough.
那個小男孩把兩隻手都伸進餅乾麵糰的碗裡。
Don't put your dirty mitts on the freshly painted wall.
別把你那雙髒手放在剛漆好的牆上。
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).