Learn a word: fixture

2025-12-07  本文已影响0人  cppUncleSix

fixture, noun, /'fɪkstʃɚ/

(British English) a sports match that has been arranged for a particular time and place.

a list of this season’s fixtures.
a game played at a particular time and place.
I attended all their home fixtures [=(US) games] last year.

a piece of equipment that is fixed inside a house or building and is sold as part of the house. 
something (such as a light, toilet, sink, etc.) that is attached to a house or building and that is not removed when the house or building is sold - usually plural.

fixtures and fittings (British English) (=all the equipment that is normally included as part of a house or building when it is sold)
bathroom fixtures. lighting fixtures.

3 be a (permanent) fixture   

to be always present and not likely to move or go away.

Gerrard soon became a permanent fixture in the Liverpool team.

a person or thing that has been part of something or involved in something for a long time.

He's been a fixture in the parade for many years.
She hopes the new educational program will become a permanent fixture at the zoo.

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