Quit

(n.) Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

(v.) Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted.

(imp. & p. p.) of Quit

(a.) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.

(a.) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit.

(a.) To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay.

(a.) To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.

(a.) To carry through; to go through to the end.

(a.) To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to quit jesting.

(v. i.) To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.

法耶手打

• Still, she could not quit her seat at the little parlour window. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Quit them all, while there is time and opportunity! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Our first plan had been to quit our wintry native latitude, and seek for our diminished numbers the luxuries and delights of a southern climate. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• His health gave way under the strain, and he quit the bank to begin work in a machine shop in St. Louis. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• And with these words he hastily left the room, and Elizabeth heard him the next moment open the front door and quit the house. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Who can quit young lives after being long in company with them, and not desire to know what befell them in their after-years? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• You are the best actress we've got, and there'll be an end of everything if you quit the boards, said Jo. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The principal purport of his letter was to inform them that Mr. Wickham had resolved on quitting the militia. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Mr. Collins repeated his apologies in quitting the room, and was assured with unwearying civility that they were perfectly needless. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It was three months, full three months, since her quitting it, and the change was from winter to summer. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Let Mrs. Casaubon do as she likes, he said to Sir James, whom he asked to see before quitting the house. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In marrying your nephew, I should not consider myself as quitting that sphere. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• They have subpoenaed my servant, too,' said Mr. Pickwick, quitting the other point; for there Mr. Perker's question had somewhat staggered him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• A few weeks or months hence it may be too late, and I cannot bear the notion of quitting the country without a kind word of farewell from you. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He rather liked him for it; and he was conscious of his own irritability of temper at the time, which probably made them both quits. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• We must consider what Miss Fairfax quits, before we condemn her taste for what she goes to. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• She must be quits with the Trenors first; after that she would take thought for the future. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Unable to rest or sleep, she quitted her asylum early, that she might again endeavour to find my brother. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Mademoiselle, I know this service would be more retired than that which I have quitted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She swept up the hearth, asked at what time she should prepare tea, and quitted the room with the same wooden face with which she had entered it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The nearness of this place to London was such, as to take away the idea of painful separation, when we quitted Raymond and Perdita. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• From Harriet's manner of speaking of the circumstance before they quitted the ballroom, she had strong hopes. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• When the gloves were bought, and they had quitted the shop again, Did you ever hear the young lady we were speaking of, play? 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• They quitted it only with the removal of the tea-things. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.

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