Tra từ fixture - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fix·ture [fixture fixtures] BrE [ˈfɪkstʃə(r)] NAmE [ˈfɪkstʃər] noun
1. (BrE)a sports event that has been arranged to take place on a particular date and at a particular place
•an annual fixture
•Saturday's fixture against Liverpool
•the season's fixture list
2. a thing such as a bath/ ↑bathtub or a toilet that is fixed in a house and that you do not take with you when you move house: (BrE)The price of the house includes fixtures and fittings.
• (figurative)He has stayed with us so long he seems to have become a permanent fixture.
compare ↑fitting

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘fixing, becoming fixed’): alteration (first found in Shakespeare) of obsolete fixure (from late Latin fixura, from Latin figere ‘to fix’), with t inserted on the pattern of mixture.

Collocations:
Decorating and home improvement
Houses
refurbish/renovate/ (BrE) do up a building/a house
convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/(especially NAmE) apartments/(BrE) flats
extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen
build (BrE) an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/(NAmE) an addition (on/to sth)/(BrE) a conservatory
knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall
knock out/through the wall separating two rooms
Decoration
furnish/paint/ (especially BrE) decorate a home/house/apartment/flat/room
be decorated in bright colours/(especially US) colors/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintings
paint/plaster the walls/ceiling
hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper
install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/(BrE) fittings
build/put up shelves
lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio
put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain
DIY/home improvement
do (BrE) DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiring
make home improvements
add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation
fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm
insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/(especially BrE) the loft
fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking (especially BrE) tap/(NAmE usually) faucet
block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink
make/drill/fill a hole
hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail
tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw
saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood

Example Bank:
•The club was fined for not fulfilling its fixtures at the weekend.
•The golf club has staged many international fixtures.
•The new conductor is now a permanent fixture in the orchestra.
•The team is playing an important fixture this evening.
•There are plans to make the race an annual fixture.
•a full fixture list of friendly matches
•a home fixture against Leeds
•an exceptional example of Victorian architecture with the original fixtures and fittings intact
•It will be difficult to fit the match into an already crowded fixture list.