| 单词 | connective |
| 释义 | connective (once / 5884 pages) adjn Something that's connective connects or attaches things to each other. In grammar, connective words such as "like" or "than" connect clauses or phrases. A connective device on your computer, like a modem, connects it with the Internet, and connective tissue in your body connects organs, tissues, bones, muscles, and other body parts to each other. Sometimes a connective word or conjunction is also called a connective. The word comes from the verb connect, from the Latin root conectere, "join together." WORD FAMILYconnective: connectively, connectives, connectivity+/connect: connected, connecter, connecting, connection, connective, connector, connects, connexion, disconnect, interconnect/connected: connectedly, connectedness, unconnected/connection: connections/connector: connectors/connexion: connexions/disconnect: disconnected, disconnecting, disconnection, disconnects/disconnected: disconnectedly, disconnectedness/disconnectedness: disconnectednesses/disconnection: disconnections/interconnect: interconnected, interconnecting, interconnection, interconnects/interconnected: interconnectedness/interconnection: interconnections/unconnected: unconnectedly, unconnectedness USAGE EXAMPLESHe was, in many ways, the connective tissue linking Mr. Mitchell to his protégé Mr. Jain in their management of the bank. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Ascorbate helps the body create collagen, the essential protein in the body’s connective tissue, and a deficiency is deeply painful. Slate(Dec 08, 2016) The presence of enlarged or malformed capillaries in this area, the nail fold, indicate an underlying connective tissue disease. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) 1adj connecting or tending to connect connective remarks between chapters connective tissue in animals Syn conjunctive serving or tending to connect 2n an instrumentality that connects Syn|Hypo|Hyper connecter, connection, connector, connexion attachment, bond a connection that fastens things together backbonethe part of a network that connects other networks together earth, grounda connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) hitcha connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls hookupa device providing a connection between a power source and a user jumpera small connector used to make temporary electrical connections conjunction, junctionsomething that joins or connects slip ringconnection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts line, phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit, telephone linea telephone connection patch, temporary hookupa connection intended to be used for a limited time coupling, yokea connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together contact, tangency(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact DSL, digital subscriber linea generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds hot linea direct telephone line between two officials jointjunction by which parts or objects are joined together booster cable, jumper cable, jumper lead, leada jumper that consists of a short piece of wire barrier strip, junction barriera junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs land line, landlinea telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits ligamentany connection or unifying bond party linea telephone line serving two or more subscribers private linea telephone line serving a single subscriber splice, splicinga junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together thermojunctiona junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears toll linea telephone line for long-distance calls trunk linea telephone line connecting two exchanges directly WATS, WATS linea telephone line;long distance service at fixed rates for fixed zones; an acronym for wide area telephone service instrumentality, instrumentation an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end 3n an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences Syn|Hypo|Hyper conjunction, conjunctive, continuative coordinating conjunction a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents subordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunctiona conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause closed-class word, function word a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning |
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