nit
The egg of a louseThe egg of a louse.
» The bed is infested with lice and nits.
Значення
значень: 9The egg of a louse.
Nisse
гни́даgnída
гни́даhnýda
egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
A young louse.
(Ірландія, Британія, ширше)A head louse regardless of its age.
(Британія, сленг)A fool, a nitwit.
деби́лdebíl
A minor shortcoming; the object of a nitpick.
A nitpicker.
A candela per square metre.
This brightness of this LCD screen is between 900 and 1000 nits.
a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
Synonym of nat (“logarithmic unit of information”).
A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.
Приклади
речень: 8The bed is infested with lice and nits.
You can use a fine-toothed comb to check for nits.
It is not the case now, but wasn't I the nit-picky type?
He's always nit-picking.
Do all nits become lice?
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 1
За значеннями 2
За значеннями 1
Походження
From Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare DutcFrom Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- (compare Scottish Gaelic sneadh, Lithuanian gli̇̀nda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek κονίς (konís)).
From Latin nitēre (“to shine”).
Possibly a blend of Neperian + digit, as is nepit.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source