| 单词 | jointed |
| 释义 | jointed (once / 6421 pages) adj Something that's jointed has separate sections that are joined together. A jointed doll has arms that bend at the shoulders and elbows and legs that move at the hips and knees. A stuffed animal that's jointed has distinct points where its legs meet its body, and these joints usually make the legs movable. You are jointed, with segments of your body connecting at joints (like your wrists, elbows, and so on), and if you're "double jointed," these joints are extra flexible. The Latin root of jointed and joint is iunctus, "united or connected," from iungere, "join." WORD FAMILYjointed: unjointed+/disjoint: disjointed, disjointing, disjointly, disjoints/disjointed: disjointedly, disjointedness/joint: disjoint, jointed, jointedly, jointer, jointing, jointly, joints/jointer: jointers USAGE EXAMPLESIf you have a whole jointed chicken, cut each joint in half and cut each breast into quarters. The Guardian(Oct 21, 2016) Supple-sawney: a homemade jointed doll that can be made to “dance”. The Guardian(Sep 05, 2016) Works by Liz Craft include funky, life-size female figures called “Spider Women,” constructed like marionettes out of jointed lengths of wood. New York Times(Jul 28, 2016) adj having joints or jointed segments Syn articulate, articulated consisting of segments held together by joints |
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