fix·ing /-sɪŋ/
 固定,穩固,設備,調料


 fixing
 定影


 fixing
 *定 固定


 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·ing n.
 1. The act or process of making fixed.
 2. That which is fixed; a fixture.
 3. pl. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.]

 ◄ ►


 fixing
      n 1: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair,
            fix, fixture, mend, mending, reparation]
      2: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in
         place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast]
      3: the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet
         for neutering" [syn: neutering, altering]
      4: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue
         sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations
         they had in the living body [syn: fixation]