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 fix /ˈfɪks/
 (vt.)使固定,修理,準備,安裝,凝視,牢記,確定,整理(vi.)固定,注視,確定困境

 fix /ˈfɪks/ 及物動詞
 固定,安裝,定影,修理

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 固定

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 固定 修

 Fix, v. i.
 1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
 Your kindness banishes your fear,
 Resolved to fix forever here.   --Waller.
 2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
 To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points.

 Fix, n.
 1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma. [Colloq.]
    Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix.   --De Quincey.
 2. Iron Manuf. fettling. [U.S.]
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 Fix, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed p. pr. & vb. n. Fixing.]
 1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.
    An ass's nole I fixed on his head.   --Shak.
 O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers
 May also fix their reverence.   --Herbert.
    His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.   --Ps. cxii. 7.
    And fix far deeper in his head their stings.   --Milton.
 2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
    Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite.   --Pope.
    One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.   --Young.
 3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.]
 4. Photog. To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light.
 5. To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.]
 6. Iron Manuf. To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
 Syn: -- To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine.

 Fix a.  Fixed; solidified. [Obs.]

 fix
      n 1: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
           terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn:
           hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of
           fish]
      2: something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a
         narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"
      3: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair,
          fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation]
      4: an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is
         brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for
         gamblers"
      5: a determination of the location of something; "he got a good
         fix on the target" [syn: localization, localisation, location,
          locating]
      v 1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn
           or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes
           please" [syn: repair, mend, bushel, doctor, furbish
           up, restore, touch on] [ant: break]
      2: cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the
         door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" [syn: fasten, secure]
         [ant: unfasten]
      3: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify
         the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine, limit]
      4: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
         please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast
         for the guests, please" [syn: cook, ready, make, prepare]
      5: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll
         fix him good!"; "This time I got him" [syn: pay back, pay
         off, get]
      6: set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
      7: kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for
         microscopic study
      8: make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to
         the frame" [syn: fixate]
      9: make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically
         transmissible disbilites are sterilized" [syn: sterilize,
          sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise]
      10: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on
          his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix
          your eyes on this spot" [syn: situate, posit, deposit]
      11: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular
          purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children
          ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to
          leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: prepare,
          set up, ready, gear up, set]