单词 | link |
释义 | verb | noun linklink1 /lɪŋk/ ●●● W2 AWL verb [transitive] 1be linked if two things are linked, they are related, often because one strongly affects or causes the other: I think that the two problems are linked.link to/with Some birth defects are linked to smoking during pregnancy.be closely/directly/strongly linked Skin cancer is directly linked to sun exposure and damage.2MAKE CONNECTION to make or prove a connection between ideas, people, groups, situations, etc.: A love of nature links the two poets.link somebody to/with something The new evidence clearly links Runnels to the crime.3MAKE something DEPEND ON something to make one action or situation dependent on another action or situation: link something to something They’re going to link pay increases to performance.4COMPUTERS (also link up) to connect computers, broadcast systems, etc. so that electronic messages can be sent between them: link something to/with something Each terminal is linked to the central computer.5JOIN (also link up) to physically join or form a connection between two or more things, people, or places: The Brooklyn Bridge links Brooklyn and Manhattan.link somebody/something with something The pipe must be linked to the cold water supply.link somebody/something together The climbers were linked together by ropes.6PUT TOGETHER to connect two or more things by putting them through or around each other, such as pieces of a chain7link arms to bend your arm and put it through someone else’s bent armlink up phrasal verb1link (something ↔) up if things link up or someone or something links them up, they join or connect together: link (something) up with/to something This line links up with the main East Coast line. They’re planning to link this road up to the highway.2link something ↔ up computers to connect computers, broadcast systems, etc. so that electronic messages can be sent between them: link something up with/to something All these PCs are linked up to the network.3to join together in order to do something: The two companies linked up to form the largest computer software company in the world.link up with The UPS strategy has been to buy or link up with foreign companies.4if people link up, they can communicate with each other using computers and electronic messages → see also linkup verb | noun linklink2 ●●● W3 AWL noun [countable] 1THINGS OR IDEAS a relationship between two things or ideas, in which one is caused or affected by the other: link between the link between drug use and crime2COMPUTER DOCUMENT a special picture or word in a computer document that you click on to move quickly to another part of the document or another place on the Internet, or the connection that makes this possible: The web page includes a list of related links.3PEOPLE/COUNTRIES ETC. a relationship or connection between two or more people, countries, organizations, etc.: link with/between Schools are looking to find new ways to forge links with families.4THING THAT CONNECTS a person or thing that makes possible a relationship or connection with someone or something else: link with The telephone was my only link with home.5COMPUTERS a connection between different computers which allows them to operate as a network: We can set up a computer link between the two colleges.6CHAIN one of the rings in a chain7SAUSAGE (also sausage link) a small sausage in the shape of a tube8a satellite/telephone/rail etc. link something that makes communication or travel between two places possible9a link in the chain one of a series of things, facts, or people involved in a process: This was the first link in a chain of events that led eventually to his death.10links [plural] a golf course SYN golf links[Origin: (1-9) 1300–1400 Old Norse hlekkr] → see also cuff link, missing link, a/the weak link at weak1 (16) |
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