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单词 adjoin
释义 ad·join
\əjȯin also aˈ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English ajoinen, adjoinen, from Middle French ajoindre, from Latin adjungere, from ad- + jungere to join — more at yoke
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to join or attach physically
  < it is forbidden to adjoin to a postcard any sample of merchandise — Bahamas Official Gazette >
 b. : to add, attach, or append especially as a supplement
  < he adjoins the remark that God was … reconciling the world to himself — P.L.Holmer >
2. : to lie next to : be in contact with : abut upon
 < his land adjoins the sea — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox >
3. : to add to a domain of numbers (a number not originally belonging to it) thereby deriving a larger domain
 < x2 - 2 can be factored by adjoining √2 to the domain of rational numbers >
intransitive verb
: to be close, next to, or in contact with one another
 < the two lots adjoin >
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