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Connect Latin Meaning Conectere Establish 1642.Connect 英 Kə'Nekt]美

正面 1642.connect
英 [kə'nekt]美 [kə'nɛkt]

背面
释义:
vt. 连接;联合;关连vi. 连接,连结;联合
例句:
1. Two cables connect to each corner of the plate.两条电缆连到金属板的每个角上。

1、co- "intensive prefix" + oper- "close, cover" => cooper- => cover.2. over 上面——cover盖上(在…上面盖上某东西)
connect 连接con-, 强调。-nect, 连接,词源同net, annex.
connectconnect: [17] Etymologically, connect means ‘tie together’. It comes from Latin connectere, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and nectere ‘bind, tie’ (whose past participial stem, nex-, is the ultimate source of English nexus [17]). The derived noun connection first appeared, in the spelling connexion, in the 14th century.=> nexusconnect (v.)mid-15c., from Latin conectere "join together" (see connection). Displaced 16c. by connex (1540s), from Middle French connexer, from Latin *connexare, a supposed frequentative of conectere (past participle stem connex-). Connect was re-established 1670s. A similar change took place in French, where connexer was superseded by connecter. Meaning "to establish a relationship" (with) is from 1881. Slang meaning "get in touch with" is attested by 1926, from telephone connections. Meaning "awaken meaningful emotions, establish rapport" is from 1942. Of a hit or blow, "to reach the target," from c. 1920. Related: Connected; connecting; connectedness."

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