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connection

英[kəˈnekʃn] 美[kə'nɛkʃən]
  • n. 连接;关系;连接件

英英释意


1. a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it);
"there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
2. the state of being connected;
"the connection between church and state is inescapable"
3. an instrumentality that connects;
"he soldered the connection"
"he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
4. (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship);
"he has powerful connections"
5. the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination;
"conditioning is a form of learning by association"
6. a connecting shape
7. a supplier (especially of narcotics)
8. shifting from one form of transportation to another;
"the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
9. the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication);
"the joining of hands around the table"
"there was a connection via the internet"