单词	stovepiped
释义	stovepiped adjective stove·​piped ˈstōv-ˌpīpt  : isolated in a way that hinders communication and cooperation with others … the Patriot Act is an important change in the law that will allow the FBI and the CIA to better share information together. We were kind of stovepiped, I guess is a way to describe it. George W. Bush Over the last half of the 20th century, an isolating bureaucracy grew up around the functions of government, with each department and agency focusing on its area of expertise. Within this stovepiped structure, efforts often intersected only by accident, cooperation was rare and collaboration even rarer. Sherri Goodman American education also tends to be stovepiped: you learn English from English teachers, math from math teachers, and biology from biology teachers. A STEM curriculum is predicated on the notion that the best teaching is interdisciplinary, because similar patterns of thinking underlie many subjects and integrating them makes students smarter. D. T. Max Word History First Known Use 1988, in the meaning defined above
随便看	netsukes nett nett's oriole nettable Nettapus Nettastomidae nette netted netted melon netter netters nettest nettier nettiest netting netting knot nettings Nettion nettle nettle butterfly nettle cell nettle family nettle rash nettle tree nettle-leaved goosefoot

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。