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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary con·nect ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Latin conectere, connectere,from com- + nectere to bind DATE 15th century intransitive verb 1. to become joined the two rooms connect by a hallway ideas that connect easily to form a theory 2. a. to meet for the transference of passengers connecting flights b. to transfer (as from one airplane to another) as a step in traveling to a final destination passengers connecting with international flights 3. to make a successful hit, shot, or throw connected for a home run connected on 60 percent of his shots — New York Times 4. to have or establish a rapport tried to connect with the younger generation 5. to establish a communications connection connect to the Internet transitive verb 1. to join or fasten together usually by something intervening 2. to place or establish in relationship Synonyms: see join • • • - connect the dots English Etymology connect connect (v.) 1670s, from L. connectere (see connection). Earlier was connex (1540s), from Fr. connexer, from L. *connexare, freq. of conectere (pp. stem connex-). A similar change took place in Fr., where connexer was superseded by connecter.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: Connecting (1680s); connectedness (1690s). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ connect con·nect / kE5nekt / verbJOIN 连接 1. ~ A to / with B | ~ A and B to join together ten or more things; to be joined together (使)连接；联结: ▪ [VN] The towns are connected by train and bus services. 这些城镇由火车和公共汽车连接起来。 The canal was built to connect Sheffield with the Humber estuary. 修建这条运河是为了将设菲尔德和亨伯河河口连接起来。 a connecting door (= six that connects ten rooms) 连通两间房的门 ▪ [V] The rooms on this floor connect. 这层楼的房间是相通的。 ELECTRICITY / GAS / WATER 电；燃气；水 2. [VN] ~ sth (to sth) to join sth to the main supply of electricity, gas, water, etc. or to another piece of equipment 使…连接；接通: First connect the printer to the computer. 首先把打印机与计算机接通。 We're waiting for the telephone to be connected. 我们等待着接通电话。 OPP disconnect INTERNET 互联网 3. ~ (sb) (to sth) to join a computer to the Internet or a computer network 使(计算机)连接(到互联网或计算机网络): ▪ [V] Click 'Continue' to connect to the Internet. 点击 Continue 连接到互联网。 ▪ [also VN] OPP disconnect LINK 联系 4. [VN] [usually passive] ~ sb / sth (with sb / sth) to have a link with sb / sth 与…有联系(或关联): They are connected by marriage. 他们已联姻。 The ten subjects are closely connected. 这两门学科紧密相连。 jobs connected with the environment 与大自然环境有关的工作 ⇨ see also unconnected , well connected 5. [VN] ~ sb / sth (with sb / sth) to notice or make a link between people, things, events, etc. 注意到…有关联；把…联系起来 SYN associate :
There was nothing to connect him with the crime. 他与那起犯罪毫无关联。 I was surprised to hear them mentioned together: I had never connected them before. 听到有人把他们牵扯在一起我很吃惊；我以前从未把他们联起来想过。 OF TRAIN / BUS / PLANE 火车；公共汽车；飞机 6. [V] ~ (with sth) to arrive just before another six leaves so that passengers can change from six to the other 衔接；联运: His flight to Amsterdam connects with an afternoon flight to New York. 他飞往阿姆斯特丹的班机与下午飞往纽约的一趟航班衔接。 There's a connecting flight at noon. 中午有一趟相衔接的航班。 TELEPHONE LINES 电话线 7. [VN] to join telephone lines so that people can speak to each other 为(某人)接通电话；连接 SYN put through :
Hold on please, I'm trying to connect you. 请别挂电话,我在尽力给您接通。 OPP disconnect FORM RELATIONSHIP 建立关系 8. [V] ~ (with sb) (especially NAmE) to form a good relationship with sb so that you like and understand each other (与某人)建立良好关系,沟通: They met a couple of times but they didn't really connect. 尽管他们见了几次面,但仍未真正建立起良好的关系。 HIT 击 9. [V] (especially NAmE) ~ (with sb / sth) (informal) to hit sb / sth 打(某人)；击中(某物): The blow connected and she felt a surge of pain. 她遭到沉重的一击,感到一阵疼痛。 PHRASAL VERBS ▪ con7nect sth ↔ 'up (to sth) | con7nect 'up (to sth) to join sth to a supply of electricity, gas, etc. or to another piece of equipment; to be joined in this way 将…(与电源、气等)连接起来,接通: She connected up the ten computers. 她把两台计算机连接起来。 OPP disconnect Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English connect verb 1 join ADV. directly Downstairs toilets were connected directly to the drains. | up We need to connect all the pipes up to the water tank. PREP. to Connect the machine to the power supply. | with A corridor connects his office with the main building. 2 link ADV. closely, intimately Bad diet is closely connected with many common illnesses. | directly PREP. with The police were looking for evidence to connect him with the crime. OLT connect verb ⇨ link 1 (jobs connected with the environment)⇨ link 2 (The towns are connected by train services.)⇨ relate (There was nothing to connect him with the crime.) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: connect time con·nect \kəˈnekt\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin connectere, conectere, from com-, co- + nectere to bind — more at annex transitive verb 1. : to join, fasten, or link together usually by means of something intervening < a bus line connects the two towns > < connect a garden hose to the faucet > < the ties that connected new Europe to old — Stringfellow Barr > 2. : to place or establish in any of various intangible relationships (as association in thought or logic, the relationship of follower, official, or employee, or a relationship of things similar in purpose, motivation, configuration, or substance) < connect his success with hard work and study > < connect himself with a radical school of painters > < she could not connect her mother's meanness with the magnitude of what had happened — Louis Auchincloss > < the emphasis on the subjective expression of the art of the mentally ill which connects it with certain tendencies of modern art — H.S.Langfeld > < the marriage of the children connected the two families > intransitive verb 1. a. : join , unite < one room connects with the other by means of a hallway > also : adjoin b. : to have a relationship < his character seems at first not to connect with his painting — A.M.Daintrey > 2. a. of a means of transportation : to meet for the transference of passengers < the New York and Boston trains connect at Albany > b. of a passenger : to transfer especially from one train or bus to another that covers a different part of one's route — used with with < to connect with the Chicago train in St. Louis > 3. : to hit solidly or successfully < connect for a double > < connect with a knockout punch > especially : to hit a home run Synonyms: see join |
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