2022-03-25
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – F - fix
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง fix = “FIKS”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
fix
Fix has a basic meaning of “to replace” and “to fasten securely,”
but it is overused in a variety of meanings 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 meanings,
most of which are vague, loose, and imprecise.
Try to substitute a more exact word,
because it doesn’t make sense to use the same expression
in such locutions as “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 a fix.”
Fixings is an informal word for
“trimmings,” “accessories”:
“turkey and all the fixing (or fixin’s).”
Dictionary.com:
SYNONYM STUDY FOR FIX
Fix, Establish imply making firm or permanent.
To fix is to fasten in position securely fix
or to make more or less permanent against chnge,
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.
Dictionary.com:
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 use is fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing,
and objections to 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 another Americanism:
We're fixing to go to town.
It once occurred in all the eastern coastal states,
but it is now chiefly an informal spoken form
in the South Midland and South.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms.
US Department of Defense 2005.
fix
A position determined from terrestrial, electronic, or astronomical data.
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® SCIENCE DICTIONARY
SCIENTIFIC DEFINITIONS FOR FIX
To convert inorganic carbon or nitrogen
into stable, organic compounds
that can be assimilated intoorganisms. Photosynthetic organisms
such as: green plantsfix carbon in carbohydrates as food;
certain bacteria fix nitrogen as ammonia
that can be absorbed directly or through nitrification by plant roots.
See more at carbon fixation nitrogen fixation.
To convert a substance, especially a gas,
into solid or liquid formby chemical reactions.
To kill and preserve a tissue specimen rapidly
to retain as nearly as possible
the characteristics it had in the living body.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
History and Etymology for fix
Verb
Middle English fixen, derivative of fix "firmly placed,"
borrowed from Latin fīxus "firmly established, unchangeable,"
for earlier fīctus, past participle of fīgere "to drive in, insert, fasten,"
going back to Indo-European *dheigw- "pierce,"
whence also Lithuanian díegu, díegti "to sprout, break through"
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Choose the Right Synonym for fix
Verb
Fasten, Fix, Attach, Affix
mean to make something stayfirmly in place.
Fasten impliesan 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 suggestsa connecting or uniting by a bond, link,
or tie in order to keep things together.
attach the W-2 form here
Affix impliesan imposing of one thing on another by gluing, impressing, or nailing.
affix your address label here
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.
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 appears
in 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 locutions like is fixin' to can be usedsomewhat
like the auxiliary 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 use of 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.
Although this expression sometimes appears in writing
as fixing to, in speech it is usually pronounced fixin' to.
