单词 | link |
释义 | link link1 —linker, n. /lingk/, n. 1. one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed. 2. anything serving to connect one part or thing with another; a bond or tie: The locket was a link with the past. 3. a unit in a communications system, as a radio relay station or a television booster station. 4. any of a series of sausages in a chain. 5. a cuff link. 6. a ring, loop, or the like: a link of hair. 7. Computers. an object, as text or graphics, linked through hypertext to a document, another object, etc. 8. Survey. , Civ. Engin. a. (in a surveyor's chain) a unit of length equal to 7.92 inches (20.12 centimeters). b. one of 100 rods or loops of equal length forming a surveyor's or engineer's chain. 9. Chem. bond1 (def. 15). 10. Mach. a rigid, movable piece or rod, connected with other parts by means of pivots or the like, for the purpose of transmitting motion. v.t. , v.i. 11. to join by or as if by a link or links; connect; unite (often fol. by up): The new bridge will link the island to the mainland. The company will soon link up with a hotel chain. [1375-1425; late ME link(e) < ODan laenkia chain; c. ON hlekkr link (pl., chain), OE hlence coat of chain mail, akin to G Gelenk joint] Syn. 2. connection, connective, copula. 10. bond, league, conjoin, fasten, bind, tie, pin. link2 /lingk/, n. a torch, esp. of tow and pitch. [1520-30; perh. special use of LINK1; the torches so called may have been made of strands twisted together in chainlike form] |
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