英语词汇“dovetail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

dovetaildovetail1 /ˈdʌvteɪl/ verb

VERB TABLE

dovetail

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	dovetail
	he, she, it	dovetails
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	dovetailed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have dovetailed
	he, she, it	has dovetailed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had dovetailed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will dovetail
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have dovetailed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am dovetailing
	he, she, it	is dovetailing
	you, we, they	are dovetailing
Past	I, he, she, it	was dovetailing
	you, we, they	were dovetailing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been dovetailing
	he, she, it	has been dovetailing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been dovetailing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be dovetailing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been dovetailing

1[intransitive, transitive] if two plans, ideas, etc. dovetail or you dovetail them, they fit together perfectly: The two objectives dovetail nicely.dovetail with My vacation plans dovetailed perfectly with Joyce’s.2[transitive + together] to join two pieces of wood by means of dovetail joints