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单词 liaison
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
li•ai•son /liˈeɪzən, ˈliəˌzɑn/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. [uncountable] the contact kept in place by communication between parts of a group, as between units of the armed forces, in order to maintain cooperation.
  2. [countable] a person who begins and maintains such a contact.
  3. [countable] a love affair.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
li•ai•son  (lē′ā zôn, lēə zon′, -zən or, often,-; lē āzən, -zon;
Fr. lye zôn),USA pronunciation
 n., pl. -sons 
    (-zônz, -zonz′, -zənz, -zonz; Fr. -zôn).USA pronunciation 
  1. the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
  2. a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.
  3. an illicit sexual relationship.
  4. Food[Cookery.]the process of thickening sauces, soups, etc., as by the addition of eggs, cream, butter, or flour.
[Phonet.]a speech-sound redistribution, occurring esp. in French, in which an otherwise silent final consonant is articulated as the initial sound of a following syllable that begins with a vowel or with a silent h, as the z- and n- sounds in Je suis un homme(zhə swē  nôm).USA pronunciation 
  • Latin ligātiōn- (stem of ligātiō) a binding. See ligation
  • French, Old French
  • 1640–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
liaison /lɪˈeɪzɒn/ n
  1. communication and contact between groups or units
  2. a secretive or adulterous sexual relationship
  3. one who acts as an agent between parties; intermediary
  4. the relationship between military units necessary to ensure unity of purpose
  5. (in the phonology of several languages, esp French) the pronunciation of a normally silent consonant at the end of a word immediately before another word commencing with a vowel, in such a way that the consonant is taken over as the initial sound of the following word. Liaison is seen between French ils (il) and ont ( ɔ̃ ), to give ils ont ( il zɔ̃ )
  6. any thickening for soups, sauces, etc, such as egg yolks or cream
Etymology: 17th Century: via French from Old French, from lier to bind, from Latin ligāre
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