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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryad·join \ə-ˈjȯin, a-\ verb ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French ajoindre, from Latin adjungere, from ad- + jungere to join — more at yoke DATE 14th centurytransitive verb1. to add or attach by joining2. to lie next to or in contact withintransitive verb: to be close to or in contact with one anotherEnglish Etymologyadjoin early 14c., from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. ajoin- stem of ajoindre, from L. adjungere"join to," from ad- "to" + jungere "to bind together" (see jugular).Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7adjoinad·join / E5dVCin / verb (formal)to be next to or joined to sth 紧挨；邻接；毗连: ▪ [VN] A barn adjoins the farmhouse. 一座谷仓紧靠着农舍。 ▪ [also V] • ad·join·ing adj. [usually before noun] : They stayed in adjoining rooms. 他们住的房间紧挨着。 We'll have more space if we knock down the adjoining wall (= the wall between two rooms). 要是我们把这堵隔墙推倒,就会有更大的空间。 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedad·join\əjȯin also aˈ-\ verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Middle English ajoinen, adjoinen, from Middle French ajoindre, from Latin adjungere, from ad- + jungere to join — more at yoketransitive verb1. a. : to join or attach physically < it is forbidden to adjoin to a postcard any sample of merchandise — Bahamas Official Gazette > b. : to add, attach, or append especially as a supplement < he adjoins the remark that God was … reconciling the world to himself — P.L.Holmer >2. : to lie next to : be in contact with : abut upon < his land adjoins the sea — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox >3. : to add to a domain of numbers (a number not originally belonging to it) thereby deriving a larger domain < x2 - 2 can be factored by adjoining √2 to the domain of rational numbers >intransitive verb: to be close, next to, or in contact with one another < the two lots adjoin >

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