| 单词 | missing link |
| 释义 | missing link[ mis-ing lingk ] / ˈmɪs ɪŋ ˈlɪŋk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR missing link ON THESAURUS.COM nouna hypothetical form of animal assumed to have constituted a connecting link between the anthropoid apes and humans, identified by some authorities as constituting the genus Australopithecus. something lacking for the completion of a series or sequence: It’s tricky to find the missing link between children’s books and adult fiction. Origin of missing linkFirst recorded in 1850–55 Words nearby missing linkmissile gap, missileman, missilery, missing, missing fundamental, missing link, missing mass, missiology, mission, missionary, missionary apostolic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for missing link
British Dictionary definitions for missing linkmissing link nounthe missing link (sometimes capitals) a hypothetical extinct animal or animal group, formerly thought to be intermediate between the anthropoid apes and man any missing section or part in an otherwise complete series Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for missing linkmissing link A supposed animal midway in evolution between apes and humans. The term is based on a misunderstanding about the theory of evolution, which does not state that humans are descended from apes, but rather maintains that both humans and apes descended from a common ancestor. Modern evolutionary scientists do not search for a “missing link.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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