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it
1[ it ]
pronoun
- (used to represent an inanimate thing understood, previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context):
It has whitewall tires and red upholstery.
You can't tell a book by its cover.
- (used to represent an animal understood, previously mentioned, or about to be mentioned whose sex is unknown or disregarded):
It was the largest shark ever caught off the Florida coast.
The horse had its saddle on.
- (used to represent a person of previously unknown identity, in a sentence seeking, establishing, or commenting on their identity):
"I heard the phone ring鈥攚ho was it?" "It was John."
Someone got hurt, but they think it was not the driver.
- (used to represent a group understood or previously mentioned):
The judge told the jury it must decide two issues.
- (used to represent a concept or abstract idea understood or previously stated):
It all started with my choice to walk out that door.
He has been taught to believe it all his life.
- (used to represent an action or activity understood, previously mentioned, or about to be mentioned):
Since you don't like it, you don't have to go skiing.
- (used as the impersonal subject of the verb to be, especially to refer to time, distance, or the weather):
It is six o'clock.
It is five miles to town.
It was foggy.
- (used in statements expressing an action, condition, fact, circumstance, or situation without reference to an agent):
If it weren't for Edna, I wouldn't go.
- (used in referring to something as the origin or cause of pain, pleasure, etc.):
Where does it hurt?
It looks bad for the candidate.
- (used in referring to a source not specifically named or described):
It is said that love is blind.
- (used in referring to the general state of affairs, circumstances, fate, or life in general):
How's it going with you?
- (used as an anticipatory subject or object in order to shift emphasis):
It is necessary that you do your duty.
It is I who should apologize.
It was a very kind thing he did there.
- Informal. (used instead of the pronoun its before a gerund):
It having rained for only one hour didn't help the crops.
noun
- (in children's 亚洲网紅露点) the player called upon to perform some task, such as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- Slang.
- sex appeal.
- sexual intercourse.
it
2[ it ]
noun
- sweet vermouth:
gin and it.
It
3abbreviation for
IT
4abbreviation for
It.
5abbreviation for
- Italian.
- Italy.
IT
1abbreviation for
- information technology
It.
2abbreviation for
- Italian
- Italy
it
3/ 瑟迟 /
pronoun
- refers to a nonhuman, animal, plant, or inanimate thing, or sometimes to a small baby
give it a bone
it looks dangerous
- refers to an unspecified or implied antecedent or to a previous or understood clause, phrase, etc
I knew it
it is impossible
- used to represent human life or experience either in totality or in respect of the present situation
to brazen it out
I've had it
how's it going?
- used as a formal subject (or object), referring to a following clause, phrase, or word
it helps to know the truth
I consider it dangerous to go on
- used in the nominative as the formal grammatical subject of impersonal verbs. When it functions absolutely in such sentences, not referring to any previous or following clause or phrase, the context is nearly always a description of the environment or of some physical sensation
it hurts
it is raining
- informal.used as complement with be the crucial or ultimate point
the steering failed and I thought that was it
noun
- (in children's 亚洲网紅露点) the player whose turn it is to try to touch another Compare he 1
- informal.
- sexual intercourse
- sex appeal
- informal.a desirable quality or ability
he's really got it
it
4the internet domain name for
- Italy
Grammar Note
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of it1
Origin of it2
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of it1
Idioms and Phrases
- get with it, Slang. to become active or interested:
He was warned to get with it or resign.
- have it, Informal.
- to love someone:
She really has it bad for him.
- to possess the requisite abilities for something; be talented, adept, or proficient:
In this business you either have it or you don't.
- with it, Slang.
- aware of the latest fads, fashions, etc.; up-to-date:
By grooving on teenage slang, the principal is trying to show us how with it she is, but the effect is something like seeing a mohawk on Grandma.
- attentive or alert:
I'm just not with it early in the morning.
- understanding or appreciative of something:
Let's face it鈥攚hen it comes to originality, Hollywood isn't really with it.
- Carnival Slang. being a member of the carnival.
- it is what it is. it is what it is.
- it's not over till it's over. it's not over till it's over.
More idioms and phrases containing it
- that does it
Example Sentences
But the 鈥淐razy Rich Asians鈥 director said that despite generative AI being 鈥渇reaking scary鈥 for the entertainment industry, he is confident it will never replace human creativity.
鈥淛ust everyone being around her, it鈥檚 going to elevate them in terms of how they prepare themselves, how they work and how they handle it.鈥
North Korea has for the first time confirmed that it sent troops to fight for Russia against Ukraine.
However, equal amounts of attention will be paid to the artists who didn't make it into the hallowed hall, which encompasses all genres of popular music.
"For the first time it was the Kenyan people - the working class and the middle class and the lower class - against the ruling class," says Mwangi.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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