KITとは

意味・読み方・使い方

アナグラム

• ITK
• tik

語源 1

From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown.

The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.

名詞

kit (複数形 kits)

1. A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
2. A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.
   • 1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED):

   He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.

3. A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
4. Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.

   Always carry a good first-aid kit.

5. A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.

   I built the entire car from a kit.

6. (Britain, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
   • 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph‎^[1]:

     A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.

7. (Britain, informal) Clothing.

   Get your kit off and come to bed.

8. (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
9. (video games) The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.
10. (music) A drum kit.

下位語

派生語

関連する語

• kit and caboodle
• kit car
• kit out

動詞

kit (三人称単数 現在形 kits, 現在分詞 kitting, 過去形および過去分詞形 kitted)

1. (transitive) To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.

   We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.

語源 2

A short form of kitten and/or kitling. From the 16th century (spelled kytte, kitt). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, beaver, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox"). Later usage (for other animals) perhaps influenced by chit.

名詞

kit (複数形 kits)

1. A kitten (young cat).
2. A kit fox.
3. A young beaver.
4. A young skunk.
5. A young ferret.
6. A young rabbit.
7. A young weasel

語源 3

16th century, perhaps from cithara.

名詞

kit (複数形 kits)

1. Synonym of kit violin
   • 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musaeum Regalis Societatis, or, A catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge

     A dancing master's kit.

   • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, OCLC 999756093:

     Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.

語源 4

Borrowed from German kitte, kütte (circa 1880).

名詞

kit (複数形 kits)

1. A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.

アナグラム

• ITK, ikt, tik