Disjoint
[dɪs'dʒɒɪnt] or [dɪs'dʒɔɪnt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) separate at the joints; 'disjoint the chicken before cooking it'.
(adj.) having no elements in common .
本校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint.
(v. t.) Difficult situation; dilemma; strait.
(v. t.) To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving.
(v. t.) To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice.
(v. t.) To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
(v. i.) To fall in pieces.
埃塞雷德編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Dislocate, luxate, put out of joint.[2]. Unloose, disconnect, disjoin.
艾达校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Ill, most ill, with disjointed words, bare and weak, have I expressed the feeling with which I clung to them. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Could there have been anything like her present disjointed volubility in the fascinations that had captivated him? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The shaking figure, unnerved and disjointed from head to foot, put out its two hands a little way, as making overtures of peace and reconciliation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- In the clatter of loose windows that made talk impossible they bumped over the disjointed cobblestones to the wharf. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
整理:彼得