2020-09-26
152307-2 ศัพท์ ที่มักสับสนในการใช้ ชุด F – fix
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง “Fix” = FIKs
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression Dictionary
Fix has a basic meaning of “to place” and “to fasten securely”,
but it is overused in a variety of meaning only loosely related to establishing, securing, or repairing.
As a noun, fix is used to refer to
(1) a dilemma or predicament,
(2) the position of a plane or ship,
(3) bribery and collusion, and
(4) an injection of heroin or some other opiate.
These uses offix are ranked as standard, informal, or slang by different dictionaries, but all are employed so widely that it seems useless, to recommend against them. As a verb, fix has some thirty different meaning, most of which are vague, loose, and imprecise.
Try to substitutea more exact word,
because it doesn’t make sense to use the same expression
in such locutionsas “fix a toy” “fix a drink” “get a fix” “fix your position at sea” “fix your face” “fix your hair” “fix a bet on a game” “fix an engagement” “fix a sentence” “fix a fight” and “be in a fix”
FixingsIs an informal word for “trimming” “accessories”:
“turnkey and all the fixings (or fixing’s).
Dictionary.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR FIX
Fix, establish imply making firm or permanent.
To fix is to fasten in position securely or to make more or less permanent against change, especially something already existing: to fix a bayonet on a gun; fix a principle in one's mind.
To establish is to make firm or permanent something (usually newly) originated, created, or ordained: to establish a business, a claim to property.
USAGE NOTE FOR FIX
Fix meaning “to repair” appears to have been used first in America, but it is long established and has been used in England since the early 19th century: The engineer quickly fixed the faulty valve.
The verb useis fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing, and objectionsto it on the grounds of style merely reflect personal prejudice, not the practice of educated speakers and writers. The noun fix meaning “repair, adjustment” is informal.
Fix (to) meaning “to prepare, plan (to)” is anotherAmericanism: We're fixing to go to town.
It once occurred in all the eastern coastal states, but it is now chiefly an informal spoken formin the South Midland and South.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for fix
Verb
mean to make something stayfirmly in place.
FASTEN implies an action such as tying, buttoning, nailing, locking, or otherwise securing. fasten the reins to a post
FIX usually implies a driving in, implanting, or embedding. fixed the stake in the ground
ATTACH suggests a connecting or uniting by a bond, link, or tie in order to keep things together. attach the W-2 form here
AFFIX implies an imposing ofone thing on another by gluing, impressing, or nailing. affix your address label here
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
fix′a·ble adj.
Our Living Language
Fixin' to ranks with y'all as one of the best-known markers of dialects of the Southern United States, although it occasionally appearsin the informal speech and writing of non-Southerners as well.
Fixin' to means"on the verge of or in preparation for (doing a given thing)."
It often follows a form of the verb to be, and it consists of the present participle of the verb fix followed by the infinitive marker to: They were fixin' to leave without me.
Although locutionslike is fixin' to can be used somewhat like theauxiliary verb will in sentences that describe future events,
fixin' to can refer only to events that immediately follow the speaker's point of reference.
One cannot say, We're fixin' to have a baby in a couple of years.
The useof fixin' to as an immediate or proximate future is very common in African American Vernacular English, and is one of many features that this variety of English shares with Southern dialects.
Althoughthis expression sometimes appears in writing as fixing to, in speech it is usually pronounced fixin' to.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary,
fix′a•ble, adj.
fix`a•bil′i•ty, n.
fix′er, n.
usage:
fix meaning “to repair,” which is probably an Americanism, is fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing.
fix (to) meaning “to prepare, plan (to)” is another Americanism: We're fixing to go to town.
It once occurred in all the E coastal states, but it is now chiefly an informal spoken form in the South Midland and South.
