| 单词 | to connect the dots |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto connect (also join) the dots P5. to connect (also join) the dots and variants: (chiefly as a children's activity) to draw lines sequentially linking numbered points arranged on a page so as to form a picture; (hence figurative) to integrate discrete elements into a cohesive whole; to make connections between ideas, to draw conclusions.to join the dots is the more common form in British English, especially in the literal use, while to connect the dots is more usual in North America. ΚΠ 1909 Sun (Baltimore) 6 June 19/5 If you will take a pencil and correctly connect the dots by straight lines you will get a drawing. 1915 Charleston (W. Va.) Mail 23 Nov. 9/5 To solve the Great Dot Mystery, join the dots with a pencil line... Begin with dot No. 1 and take them in numerical order. 1974 Harper's Mag. Mar. 39/2 If McCulloch had the vision, then C. V. Wood connected the dots. He is the grand strategist of the ‘new city’ campaign. 2001 New Yorker 16 Apr. 78/2 Connecting sparse dots, Bailey works up a highly plausible account of the master's life and career. 2013 Daily Tel. 6 Feb. 23/4 Massenet is busy joining the dots between venture capitalists and bankers and the country's brightest design talent. < as lemmas |
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