| 释义 |
‖ trait d'union|trɛ dynjɔ̃|
[Fr., lit. ‘hyphen’.]
A connection between or amongst otherwise unattached characteristics or parties.
1912J. Buchan Moon Endureth iv. 127 He had established no trait d'union between the intellect..and the senses. 1934A. Toynbee Study of Hist. I. ii. 190 In the British Empire..this medieval incarnation of political unity [sc. the Crown] has latterly acquired a new and unforeseen institutional value as the trait d'union between the States Members of the British Commonwealth of Nations. 1959Times 7 Jan. 11/7 M. Moktar Ould Daddah likes to think of his country [sc. Mauritania] as a trait-d'union, or link, between the Maghreb and West Africa. |