英语词汇“connect”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

connectconnect /kəˈnɛkt/ ●●● S3 W2 verb

ETYMOLOGYconnect

Origin: 1400-1500 Latin connectere, from + nectere to tie

VERB TABLE

connect

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	connect
	he, she, it	connects
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	connected
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have connected
	he, she, it	has connected
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had connected
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will connect
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have connected

Continuous Form
Present	I	am connecting
	he, she, it	is connecting
	you, we, they	are connecting
Past	I, he, she, it	was connecting
	you, we, they	were connecting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been connecting
	he, she, it	has been connecting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been connecting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be connecting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been connecting

COLLOCATIONS► connecting door

There was a connecting door between his room and ours (=a door between the rooms).

► connecting flight

I missed the connecting flight.

1JOIN THINGS [transitive] to join two or more things together SYN link: I don’t know how to connect these wires. The highway connects Nepal and Tibet.connect something to/with something Connect the speakers to the CD player. There was a connecting door between his room and ours (=a door between the rooms).2RELATIONSHIP [transitive] to realize that two facts, events, or people are related to each other SYN link: She did not connect the two events in her mind.connect somebody/something with something There is little evidence to connect them with the attack.connect somebody/something to something I’d seen him around, but I’d never connected the name to his face.3ELECTRICITY/COMPUTER ETC. [intransitive, transitive] (also connect up) to join something to the main supply of electricity, gas, or water, or to a telephone or computer network OPP disconnect: Has the phone been connected yet?connect (something) to something Click here to connect to the Internet. Most homes are connected to the public water supply.4AIRPLANE/TRAIN ETC. [intransitive] if one airplane, bus, etc. connects with another, it arrives just before the other one leaves so that you can continue your trip: connect with This train connects with the one in Rochester. I missed the connecting flight.5TELEPHONE [transitive] to join two telephone lines so that two people can speak OPP disconnect: Please hold. I’ll try to connect you.6UNDERSTAND PEOPLE [intransitive] if people connect, they feel that they like each other and understand each other: I talked to her for a while, but we just didn’t connect.connect with They valued Deanna’s ability to empathize and connect with others.7HIT something [intransitive] to succeed in hitting someone or something: He swung at the ball, but didn’t connect.8connect the dots a)an activity for children in which they make a picture by drawing lines between small points that are laid out on a piece of paper b)to put many pieces of information together to understand or show what the real connections between people and things are: It’s not hard to connect the dots between substance abuse and child abuse.[Origin: 1400–1500 Latin connectere, from + nectere to tie]