单词 | contact |
释义 | contact n. & v. --n   1. the state or condition of touching, meeting, or communicating.   2. a person who is or may be communicated with for information, supplies, assistance, etc.   3. Electr. a a connection for the passage of a current. b a device for providing this.   4. a person likely to carry a contagious disease through being associated with an infected person.   5. (usu. in pl.) colloq. a contact lens. --vtr.   1. get into communication with (a person).   2. begin correspondence or personal dealings with. Phrases and idioms contact lens a small lens placed directly on the eyeball to correct the vision. contact print a photographic print made by placing a negative directly on sensitized paper etc. and illuminating it. contact sport a sport in which participants necessarily come into bodily contact with one another. Derivatives contactable adj. Etymology: L contactus f. contingere (as com-, tangere touch) |
随便看 |
英语词典包含43808条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。