释义 |
join /join/ transitive verb- To connect
- To unite
- To associate
- To add or annex
- To become a member of
- To come into association with or the company of
- To go to and remain with, in, or on
- To draw a straight line between (geometry)
intransitive verb- To be connected
- To combine, unite
- To run into one
- To grow together
- To be in, or come into, close contact
noun- A joining
- A place where things have been joined
- A mode of joining
ORIGIN: OFr joindre, from L jungere, junctum to join joinˈable adjective joindˈer noun (esp law) Joining, uniting joinˈer noun - A worker in wood, esp one who makes smaller structures than a carpenter
- Someone who joins or unites
- Someone who joins many societies
joinˈery noun - The art of the joiner
- A joiner's work
joinˈing noun - The act of joining
- A seam
- A joint
joint noun - A joining
- The place where, or mode in which, two or more things join
- A place where two things (esp bones) meet, allowing a hingelike movement
- A node, or place where a stem bears leaves, esp if swollen
- A segment
- A piece of an animal's body as cut up for serving at the table
- The flexible hinge of cloth or leather connecting the back of a book with its sides
- A crack intersecting a mass of rock (geology)
- The place where adjacent surfaces meet
- The condition of adjustment at a joint, as in the phrase out of joint
- A disreputable bar or other meeting-place (US sl)
- A public meeting-place, a place in general (informal)
- A cigarette containing marijuana (informal)
- See also the joint below
adjective- Joined, united or combined
- Shared among more than one
- Done or made by more than one
- Sharing with another or others
transitive verb- To unite by joints
- To provide with joints or an appearance of joints
- To fill the joints of with mortar, etc
- To divide into joints
intransitive verb To fit closely together jointˈed adjective - Having a joint or joints
- Composed of segments
- Constricted at intervals
jointˈer noun - A jointer plane
- A bricklayer's tool for putting mortar in joints
- A worker employed to make joints
jointˈing noun jointˈless adjective jointˈly adverb - In a joint manner
- Unitedly or in combination
- Together
jointˈness noun joinedˈ-up adjective - (of handwriting) having the letters linked in cursive style
- (of a person) mature or sophisticated (informal)
- Coherent and co-ordinated, as in joined-up thinking, joined-up government
joinˈ-hand noun (obsolete) Cursive handwriting joint account noun A bank or building-society account held in the name of two or more people, any of whom can deposit or withdraw money Joint Chiefs of Staff plural noun (in the USA) the chief military advisory body to the President jointed cactus noun A plant (Opuntia pusilla) of the prickly-pear genus, a serious pest in S Africa jointer plane or jointing plane noun The largest kind of plane used by a joiner Joint European Torus noun see JET jointˈ-fir noun Any plant of the family Gnetaceae joint heir noun A person who inherits jointly with another or others jointˈing-rule noun A long straight-edged rule used by bricklayers jointˈ-oil noun Synovia joint resolution noun (US) One passed by both Houses of Congress jointˈ-stock noun Stock held jointly (jointˈ-stock company one whose capital is split into many units, held by different owners) jointˈ-stool noun (Shakespeare) A stool made of parts inserted in each other joint tenancy noun joint tenant noun A person who is owner of land or goods along with others joint venture noun A business activity undertaken by two or more companies acting together, sharing costs, risks and profits jointˈ-worm or jointˈworm noun (US) A hymenopterous larva that attacks grain-stalks near the first joint join battle see under battle1 join in To (begin to) take part join issue - To begin to dispute
- To take up the contrary view or side
joint and several liability (law) The responsibility of any one member of a group for the actions or debts of any or all of the others, and the responsibility of the group as a whole for the actions or debts of any one member join up - To enlist, esp as part of a general movement
- To unite (with with)
out of joint - Dislocated
- Disordered, awry
put someone's nose out of joint - To supplant someone in another's love or confidence
- To disconcert, rebuff or offend someone
second joint - The middle piece of a fly-fishing rod
- The thigh of a fowl, as opposed to the first joint, the leg or drumstick
the joint (US inf) Prison universal joint A device one part of which is able to move freely in all directions, as in the ball-and-socket joint out (see also out-) /owt/ adverb- (shading into adj predicatively), not within
- Forth
- To, towards, or at the exterior or a position away from the inside or inner part or from anything thought of as enclosing, hiding or obscuring
- From among others
- From the mass
- Beyond bounds
- Away from the original or normal position or state
- At or towards the far end, or a remote position
- Seawards
- Not within, or away from, one's dwelling, work premises, etc
- In or into the open air
- In or into a state of exclusion or removal
- Not in office
- Not in use or fashion
- Debarred, not to be considered
- No longer in the game
- No longer in as a batsman, dismissed
- Not batting
- Out of the contest and unable to resume in time
- In the condition of having won
- Away from the mark
- At fault
- In error
- Not in form or good condition
- At a loss
- In or into a disconcerted, perplexed or disturbed state
- In or into an unconscious state
- Not in harmony or amity
- In distribution
- In or into the hands of others or the public
- On loan
- To or at an end
- In an exhausted or extinguished state
- Completely
- Thoroughly
- Subjected to loss
- In or to the field
- In quest of or expressly aiming at something
- In rebellion
- On strike
- In an exposed state
- No longer in concealment or obscurity
- In or into the state of having openly declared one's homosexuality
- In or into the open
- Before the public
- In or into society (old)
- On domestic service (archaic)
- In existence
- At full length
- In an expanded state
- In bloom
- In extension
- Loudly and clearly
- Forcibly
- Unreservedly
adjective- External
- Outlying
- Remote
- Played away from home
- Outwards
- Not batting
- Exceeding the usual
- In any condition expressed by the adverb out
noun- A projection or outward bend (as in outs and ins)
- A way out, a way of escape
- Someone who is out
- An instance of putting a player out (baseball)
- That which is outside
- An omission in setting type (printing)
- A paying out, esp (in pl) rates and taxes, etc (dialect)
- An outing (dialect)
- A disadvantage, drawback (US)
- Permission to go out (US)
preposition- Forth from (informal or N American)
- Outside of (now rare)
- Without (obsolete)
transitive verb- To put out or throw out
- To knock out
- To make public the homosexuality of (a person in public life) without his or her permission (informal)
- To make public any facts about (a person in public life) that he or she does not wish to be revealed (informal)
intransitive verb- To surface, be revealed, emerge publicly, as in truth will out
- To go out (informal)
- (with with) to bring out (archaic or dialect)
- (with with) to say suddenly or unexpectedly (informal)
interjection- Expressing peremptory dismissal
- Announcing that a player is out, the ball not in court, etc
- Indicating that one has come to the end of one's transmission (radio)
- Alas (archaic)
- Shame (usu out upon; archaic)
ORIGIN: OE ūte, ūt; Gothic ut, Ger aus, Sans ud outˈed adjective - Having had private facts about oneself made public (informal)
- Ejected
outˈer noun Someone who makes public another person's homosexuality outˈing noun see separate entry outˈness noun - The state of being out
- Externality to the perceiving mind, objectiveness
out'ro noun (pl out'ros) The concluding section of a song, TV programme, etc outˈ-and-out adjective - Thoroughgoing
- Thorough-paced
- Utter
- Absolute
- Unqualified
adverb /owt-ənd-owtˈ/ - Finally and completely
- Definitely
- Unreservedly
out-and-outˈer noun (informal) - Any person or thing that is a complete or extreme type
- A thorough-going partisan
- A great lie
outˈ-box noun (computing) A file for storing electronic mail that has been or is to be sent to another computer out-of-doorsˈ adjective - (also out-of-doorˈ) open-air, outdoor (see out-)
- Outside of parliament
noun The open air out-of(-the)-bodˈy adjective Of or relating to an occurrence in which an individual has the experience of being outside his or her own body out-of-the-wayˈ adjective - Uncommon, unusual
- Singular
- Secluded
- Remote
out-of-townˈ adjective (of a retail outlet) situated away from a main commercial centre out-oˈver or out-owre /owt-owrˈ or oot-owrˈ/ adverb and preposition (Scot) - Out over
- Over
outˈ-tray noun A shallow container for letters, etc, ready to be dispatched at outs (US) At odds from out Out from murder will out see under murder on the outs (with) (informal) - On unfriendly terms (with)
- Becoming unpopular, unfashionable, etc
out and about - Able to go out, convalescent
- Active out of doors
out and away (old) - By far
- Beyond competition
out at elbow see elbow out for - Abroad in quest of
- Aiming at obtaining or achieving
- Dismissed from batting with a score of
out from under Out of a difficult situation out of - From within
- From among
- Not in
- Not within
- Excluded from
- From (a source, material, motive, condition, possession, language, etc)
- Born of
- Beyond the bounds, range or scope of
- Deviating from, in disagreement with
- Away or distant from
- Without, destitute or denuded of
out of character see under character out of course (rare) Out of order out of date - Not abreast of the times
- Old-fashioned
- Obsolete
- No longer valid
- No longer current (out-of-dateˈ adjective)
out of doors In or to the open air out of it - Excluded from participation
- Without a chance
- Unable to behave normally or control oneself, usually because of drink or drugs (slang)
out of joint see under join out of place see under place out of pocket see under pocket out of print see under print out of sight see under sight1 out of sorts see under sort out of temper see under temper out of the question see under question out of the way Not in the way, not impeding or preventing progress out of this world see under world out of time see under time out of work see under work out on one's feet - As good as knocked out
- Done for, but with a semblance of carrying on
outs and ins see ins and outs under in1 out there - In existence
- Unconventional, avant-garde (informal)
out to Aiming, working resolutely, to out to lunch see under lunch out to out - In measurement from outside to outside
- Overall
out upon (archaic) Shame on out with - Let's do away with
- Not friendly with
- See also out (vi) above
out with it! (informal) Say what you have to say, and be quick about it, spit it out |