| 单词 | add |
| 释义 | add —addable, addible, adj. —addedly, adv. /ad/, v.t. 1. to unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size, or importance: to add two cups of sugar; to add a postscript to her letter; to add insult to injury. 2. to find the sum of (often fol. by up): Add this column of figures. Add up the grocery bills. 3. to say or write further. 4. to include (usually fol. by in): Don't forget to add in the tip. v.i. 5. to perform the arithmetic operation of addition: children learning to add and subtract. 6. to be or serve as an addition (usually fol. by to): His illness added to the family's troubles. 7. add up, a. to make the desired, expected, or correct total: These figures don't add up right. b. to seem reasonable or consistent; be in harmony or accord: Some aspects of the story didn't add up. 8. add up to, to signify; indicate: The evidence adds up to a case of murder. n. 9. Journalism. copy added to a completed story. [1325-75; ME adden < L addere, equiv. to ad- AD- + -dere to put (comb. form; see DO1)] Syn. 1. affix, append, attach, adjoin. 2. total, sum. |
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