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fixtures

/fiks-cher/US // ˈfɪks tʃər //UK // (ˈfɪkstʃə) //

固定装置,固定设备,装置,固定物

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.: a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
    • : a person or thing long established in the same place or position.
    • : Machinery. any of various devices for holding work in a machine tool, especially one for machining in a straight line, as in a planer or milling machine.any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.
    • : Law. a movable chattel, as a machine or heating plant, that, by reason of annexation to real property and adaptation to continuing use in connection with the realty, is considered a part of the realty.
    • : Fox Hunting. one of a series of meets scheduled by a hunt to take place at a time and location listed on a card that is sent, usually once a month, to each member of a hunt.
    • : the act of fixing.
    • : British. an event that takes place regularly.

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Examples

  • No schools, churches or hospitals have been rebuilt yet, though temporary structures are now permanent fixtures on the landscape.

  • He becomes increasingly paranoid by the societal fixtures around him—a ticking clock, a ringing phone.

  • Even bizarre (in retrospect) acts like Korn, Blink 182, Kid Rock, and Eminem were regular fixtures on the program.

  • “When we had gun practice, each blast shook the ship so much, the light fixtures come out of the ceilings,” she recalls.

  • Long fixtures of the private sector, end-of-year bonuses have the power to incentivize efficiency or workplace innovation.

  • Whenever fixtures annexed to real estate retain the character of personal property they may be mortgaged.

  • Annexations of this kind are called trade fixtures and the law is liberal in permitting their removal.

  • Intention is the guide to determine what passes in such a sale, as in cases of fixtures already considered.

  • The first thing to note in Fig. 46 is the number and kinds of fixtures to be drained.

  • There is in the drawing a 2-inch waste extending to the fixtures above.