| 单词 | splice |
| 释义 | splice (once / 4314 pages) vn As noun and verb, splice refers to the overlapping or interweaving of two ends of something to create the strongest possible attachment. The earliest records of the word splice are from the early 16th century, when it was borrowed from the Middle Dutch verb splissen, used by sailors for joining ropes end to end by interweaving their strands. In 1912, the infant motion-picture industry took over the word splice to refer to the cutting and joining of film in the editing process. In 1975, scientists found they could alter genes by cutting and adding chunks of DNA, creating the science of gene splicing. WORD FAMILYsplice: spliced, splicer, splices, splicing+/splicer: splicers/splicing: splicings USAGE EXAMPLESSince it was incapable of electronic editing, it required laboriously cutting and splicing the tape. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) Her art splices mental associations with an acute sense of materiality, scale and tactility. The Guardian(Dec 05, 2016) As a result of alternative mRNA splicing, tau occurs in six isoforms — all of which are found in the tau filaments of AD. Nature(Nov 08, 2016) 1v join the ends of splice film Hyper conjoin, join make contact or come together 2v join by interweaving strands Splice the wires Hypo|Hyper piece join during spinning enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine spin,wind, or twist together 3v join together so as to form new genetic combinations splice genes Hyper conjoin, join make contact or come together 4v perform a marriage ceremony The couple got spliced on Hawaii Syn|Hypo|Hyper marry, tie, wed conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed take in marriage solemnise, solemnize perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies officiate act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding 5n joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together Syn|Hyper lap joint joint junction by which parts or objects are joined together 6n a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together the break was due to an imperfect splice Syn|Hyper splicing conjunction, junction something that joins or connects |
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