connection
(Brit also connexion), n
1
(a) [U] connecting or being connected 连接; 联结
How long will the connection of the telephone take? ie How long will it take to install a telephone and connect it to the exchange? 安装电话机与总机接通要多长时间?
(b) [C] ~ between sth and sth; ~ with/to sth point where two things are connected; thing that connects 连接点; 连接物
There's a faulty connection in the fuse-box. 保险丝盒里接错了线.
What is the connection between the two ideas, ie How are they linked? 这两个概念之间有什麽联系?
Is there a connection between smoking and lung cancer? 吸烟跟肺癌是否有关?
His dismissal has no connection with (ie is not due to) the quality of his work. 他被解雇一事与他的工作好坏无关.
2 [C] train, plane, etc timed to leave a station, airport, etc soon after the arrival of another, enabling passengers to change from one to the other (供中转旅客及时换乘的)联运交通工具(如火车、 飞机等)
The train was late and I missed my connection. 列车误点了, 我没能赶上联运.
3 [C usu pl 通常作复数]
person whom one knows socially or through business, esp one who has influence or high rank 熟人, 生意上的关系户(尤指有权有势的)
I heard about it through one of my business connections. 我通过一个生意上的关系户知道了这件事.
4 connections [pl]
relatives 亲属; 亲戚
She is British but also has German connections. 她是英国人, 但也有一些德国亲戚.
5 (idm 习语) in connection with sb/sth with reference to sb/sth 与某人[某事物]有关
I am writing to you in connection with your job application. 此信是有关你求职一事的. in this/that connection (fml 文) with reference to this/that 关於这[那]一点.
snapvt.& vi. 猛地咬住;呵斥;折断;
vt. 拍照;用子母扣扣;[棒球]快速传(球);拍…的快照;
n. (树枝等的)突然折断;严厉的话;突然的撕咬;尤指关上或断裂的声音)啪嗒声;
vi. 啪啪作响;(目光)闪耀;(牙齿等)咯咯作响;(精神)突然崩溃;
adj. 容易的;喀嗒一声扣下的;仓促的;
adv. 噼啪作响地;啪嗒一声;猛然;