Joint

[dʒɒɪnt] or [dʒɔɪnt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking.

(noun.) junction by which parts or objects are joined together.

(noun.) a disreputable place of entertainment.

(noun.) (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion).

(verb.) separate (meat) at the joint.

(verb.) fasten with a joint.

(verb.) provide with a joint; 'the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood'.

(verb.) fit as if by joints; 'The boards fit neatly'.

(adj.) involving both houses of a legislature; 'a joint session of Congress' .

(adj.) united or combined; 'a joint session of Congress'; 'joint owners' .

(adj.) affecting or involving two or more; 'joint income-tax return'; 'joint ownership' .

休伯特校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.

(n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation.

(n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg.

(n.) Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.

(n.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.

(n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.

(n.) The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.

(a.) Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.

(a.) Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.

(a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc.

(a.) Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.

(v. t.) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.

(v. t.) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.

(v. t.) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.

(v. t.) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.

(v. i.) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.

整理:史黛丝

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Juncture, union.[2]. Seam, commissure.[3]. (Anat.) Articulation.[4]. (Bot.) Knot.[5]. (Bot.) Internode, space between two joints.

a. United, combined, concerted.

v. a. [1]. (Carpentry.) Join, unite, fit together.[2]. Disjoint, divide (at the joints), cut up (as meat).

編輯:耶鲁

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Articulation, junction, flexure, elbow, knee

ANT:Solution, disconnection, disjunction, uniformity, continuity

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