单词 | connect |
释义 | connect (kənekt ) Word forms: connects , connecting , connected 1. verb B1 If something or someone connects one thing to another, or if one thing connects to another, the two things are joined together. You can connect the machine to your hi-fi. [VERB noun + to] The traditional method is to enter the exchanges at night and connect the wires. [VERB noun] Two cables connect to each corner of the plate. [VERB + to] ...a television camera connected to the radio telescope. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: link, join, couple, attach 2. verb B2 If a piece of equipment or a place is connected to a source of power or water, it is joined to that source so that it has power or water. These appliances should not be connected to power supplies. [be VERB-ed + to] Ischia was now connected to the mainland water supply. [VERB-ed] Connect up means the same as connect. The shower only needs to be connected up to the cold water supply. [be V-ed P + to] They turned the barricade into a potential death trap by connecting it up to the mains. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to] 3. verb If a telephone operator connects you, he or she enables you to speak to another person by phone. To call the police, dial 999 and the operator will connect you. [VERB noun] He asked to be connected to the central switchboard. [be VERB-ed + to] 4. verb B2 If two things or places connect or if something connects them, they are joined and people or things can pass between them. ...the long hallway that connects the rooms. [VERB noun] The fallopian tubes connect the ovaries with the uterus. [VERB noun + with] His workshop connected with a small building in the garden. [VERB + with] The two rooms have connecting doors. [VERB-ing] 5. verb If one train or plane, for example, connects with another, it arrives at a time which allows passengers to change to the other one in order to continue their journey. ...a train connecting with a ferry to Ireland. [VERB + with] My connecting plane didn't depart for another six hours. [VERB-ing] 6. verb If you connect to a particular plane or train, or if another plane or train connects you to it, you change to that plane or train from another one in order to continue your journey. ...business travellers wanting to connect to a long-haul flight. [VERB + to] That will connect you with time to spare for the seven o'clock Concorde. [VERB noun] 7. verb If you connect a person or thing with something, you realize that there is a link or relationship between them. He didn't connect me with that embarrassing review I wrote seven years ago. [V n + with/to] I wouldn't have connected the two things. [VERB noun] 8. verb Something that connects a person or thing with something else shows or provides a link or relationship between them. A search of Brady's house revealed nothing that could connect him with the robberies. [V n + with/to] What connects them? [VERB noun] 9. reciprocal verb If you connect with someone, you feel a sense of agreement and familiarity with them because you have the same kind of ideas. If you stand on stage and share your view of the world, people will connect with you. [VERB with noun] Phrasal verbs: connect up connect [sense 2] Collocations: connect deeply If you can move past the anger and talk about where the pain really stems from, you can connect deeply. Christianity Today Despite that controversy, it managed to connect deeply with fans of the band, who wrote letters to the band remarking the track saved their lives during difficult situations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When was the last time you connected deeply with your struggle, embraced it, felt the conflicted joy that comes from encountering difficulty? Christianity Today It's clear that he connects deeply to the human condition of people from all over the world. Times, Sunday Times After that, supporting anything that helps people to have an experience of connecting deeply with themselves and the natural world. Times, Sunday Times The couple will want to connect directly with fans as a way to publicise themselves. The Sun Instead of accessing a specific website, file-sharers connect directly with each other. Times, Sunday Times They allow any traveller equipped with a smartphone to connect directly with in-the-know locals and get under the skin of the city. The Sun The living spaces connect directly with the garden, and the back of the house can be opened up to the outdoors. Times, Sunday Times You can connect directly with people without a word being said. The Sun A modern leader must connect emotionally with the led and set a good example. Times, Sunday Times Instead, you've chosen somebody who will not (or, more likely, cannot) connect emotionally. Times, Sunday Times It also means that, at times, it's difficult to connect emotionally with the characters as many of their moments are fleeting. The Sun How will we connect emotionally? Globe and Mail You connect instantly when you meet a musician. The Sun They connect instantly, and begin dating. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They connected instantly upon meeting and in the studio, and began recording together. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 My reservations connect intimately to my rejection of meme theory. The Times Literary Supplement Who needs a city, he asks, when we can connect intimately in cyberspace. Times, Sunday Times When we allow it in ourselves, it gives us a chance to connect intimately with somebody else. Times, Sunday Times It was also connected intimately to the role of writing in upper class life, to notions of personality, and the visible expression of personality.... Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But he failed to connect properly in the six-yard box. The Sun He obviously didn't connect properly. The Sun A study found two parts of their brains do not connect properly — one part which deals with empathy and guilt, and the other with fear. The Sun Valid tile placement consists of placing tiles along a grid formation so that mine tunnels and walls on all adjacent tiles connect properly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All of the equipment had to be sealed and connected properly. Times, Sunday Times Students are able to connect remotely to the school network through a dial-up connection for two hours each evening. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It allows a user to connect remotely to internal corporate resources such as intranet websites, network file shares, fat client applications, and other data via a regular web browser. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To access samples, an investigator uses a touch-screen interface on the freezer door, or connects remotely from a networked personal computer. The Scientist All connect wirelessly to a base station and your home computer network. Times, Sunday Times It remembers up to eight devices and can connect wirelessly to two at once. Times, Sunday Times Not only do the earbuds connect wirelessly to a phone - so no annoying, long cables - but they stay put however high you jump on your burpees. The Sun Then you connect the receiver to a spare audio input on your amplifier, wait a few moments for the two devices to connect wirelessly, and you're away. Times, Sunday Times It can also connect wirelessly to smart thermostats and smart-home appliances to control lights, ovens and security systems without homeowners having to access a smartphone app. Times, Sunday Times They are connected directly to their dogs via bungee cords, which link harnesses on the dogs to belts that the pet owners wear around their waists. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It would be much better for freight trains to be taken off the current network and sent on lines that connected directly to distribution depots. Times, Sunday Times (2013) These junctions are connected directly with desmosomal cadherin proteins. 2013, 'New insights into desmosome regulation and pemphigus blistering as a desmosome-remodeling disease', Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences Translations: Chinese: 连接两物或两地 相连通 Japanese: 接続する |
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