| 释义 |
missing link
ˌmissing ˈlink noun [S]
1 F0 something that is necessary to complete a series or solve a problem: » Those documents provided the missing link, and the police were able to make an arrest soon after they discovered them.Thesaurus+: ↑Proving and disprovingthe missing link2 F0 an animal that no longer exists or might never have existed and is thought to explain how humans developed from apes Thesaurus+: ↑Palaeontology and fossils |