connection 音标拼音: [kən'ɛkʃən]
n . 联接,连结,联系;亲戚关系
联接,连结,联系;亲戚关系
connection 连结
connection y 形连接
connection 连接
connection n 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 " [
synonym : {
connection }, {
connexion },
{
connectedness }] [
ant : {
unconnectedness }]
2 :
the state of being connected ; "
the connection between church and state is inescapable " [
synonym : {
connection }, {
link },
{
connectedness }] [
ant : {
disconnectedness }, {
disconnection },
{
disjunction }, {
disjuncture }]
3 :
an instrumentality that connects ; "
he soldered the connection "; "
he didn '
t have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers " [
synonym : {
connection }, {
connexion },
{
connector }, {
connecter }, {
connective }]
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 " [
synonym : {
association }, {
connection }, {
connexion }]
6 :
a connecting shape [
synonym : {
connection }, {
connexion }, {
link }]
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 " [
synonym :
{
connection }, {
connexion }]
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 " [
synonym : {
joining },
{
connection }, {
connexion }]
Connection \
Con *
nec "
tion \,
n . [
Cf . {
Connexion }.]
1 .
The act of connecting ,
or the state of being connected ;
the act or process of bringing two things into contact ;
junction ;
union ;
as ,
the connection between church and state is inescapable ;
the connection of pipes of different diameters requires an adapter .
Syn :
link ,
connectedness .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
That which connects or joins together ;
bond ;
tie .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
any relationship between things or events ;
association ;
alliance ;
as ,
a causal connection between interest rates and stock prices .
Syn :
relation .
[
PJC ]
He [
Algazel ]
denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect . --
Whewell .
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The eternal and inseparable connection between virtue and happiness . --
Atterbury .
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Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things . --
I .
Taylor .
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4 .
A relation ;
esp .
a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood ; --
used in a loose and indefinite ,
and sometimes a comprehensive ,
sense .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
The persons or things that are connected ;
as ,
a business connection ;
the Methodist connection .
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Men elevated by powerful connection . --
Motley .
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At the head of a strong parliamentary connection .
--
Macaulay .
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Whose names ,
forces ,
connections ,
and characters were perfectly known to him . --
Macaulay .
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5 .
something that connects other objects .
Syn :
connexion ,
connector ,
connecter ,
connective .
[
PJC ]
6 . (
usually plural )
an acquaintance or acquaintances who are influential or in a position of power and to whom you are connected in some way (
as by family or friendship );
as ,
he has powerful connections .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
7 .
a communications channel ;
as ,
my cell phone had a bad connection .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
8 . (
Transportation )
a vehicle in which one may continue a journey after debarking from another vehicle ;
the departing vehicle of a {
connection [
9 ]};
as ,
my connection leaves four hours after my arrival ;
I missed my connection .
Note :
A connection may be more specifically referred to as a {
connecting flight },
a {
connecting train },
etc .
[
PJC ]
9 . (
Transportation )
the scheduled arrival of one vehicle and departure of a second ,
sufficiently close in time and place to allow the departing vehicle serve as a means of continuing a journey begun or continued in the first vehicle ;
as ,
we can get a connection at Newark to continue on to Paris ; --
most commonly used of airplanes ,
trains ,
and buses arriving and departing at the same terminal .
[
PJC ]
10 . (
Transportation )
the transfer of a passenger from one vehicle to another to continue a journey ;
as ,
the connection was made in Copenhagen ; --
most commonly of scheduled transportation on common carriers .
[
PJC ]
11 . (
Commerce )
a vendor who can supply desired materials at a favorable price ,
or under conditions when other sources are unavailable ;
as ,
to get a bargain from one '
s connection in the jewelry trade ;
to have connections for the purchase of marijuana ; --
often used in the pl ..
[
PJC ]
12 . (
Psychol .)
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination .
Syn :
association ,
connection ,
connexion .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
{
In this connection },
in connection with this subject .
Note : [
A phrase objected to by some writers .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
This word was formerly written ,
as by Milton ,
with x instead of t in the termination ,
connexion ,
and the same thing is true of the kindred words inflexion ,
reflexion ,
and the like .
But the general usage at present is to spell them connection ,
inflection ,
reflection ,
etc .
Syn :
Union ;
coherence ;
continuity ;
junction ;
association ;
dependence ;
intercourse ;
commerce ;
communication ;
affinity ;
relationship .
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1913 Webster ]
427 Moby Thesaurus words for "
connection ":
ESP ,
Indian file ,
abutment ,
abuttal ,
access ,
accord ,
accounting for ,
acquaintance ,
act of love ,
addition ,
adjacency ,
adjoiningness ,
adjunct ,
adultery ,
affairs ,
affiliation ,
affinity ,
agent ,
agglomeration ,
agglutination ,
aggregation ,
agnation ,
aisle ,
alley ,
alliance ,
ally ,
ambulatory ,
ancestry ,
ankle ,
answer ,
answerability ,
aperture ,
aphrodisia ,
applicability ,
application ,
appointment ,
appositeness ,
apposition ,
appropriateness ,
approximation ,
appulse ,
arbitrator ,
arcade ,
array ,
arrogation ,
artery ,
articulation ,
ascription ,
ass ,
assemblage ,
assignation ,
assignment ,
association ,
attachment ,
attribution ,
avenue ,
balling ,
bank ,
bearing ,
berth ,
billet ,
blame ,
blood ,
blood relationship ,
bond ,
boundary ,
bracketing ,
broker ,
brotherhood ,
brothership ,
butt ,
buzz ,
carnal knowledge ,
catena ,
catenation ,
cervix ,
chain ,
chain reaction ,
chaining ,
channel ,
charge ,
church ,
climax ,
clinch ,
cloister ,
closeness ,
closure ,
clustering ,
cognation ,
cohabitation ,
coherence ,
coition ,
coitus ,
coitus interruptus ,
colonnade ,
combination ,
commerce ,
common ancestry ,
common descent ,
communication ,
communion ,
concatenation ,
concern ,
concernment ,
concourse ,
concurrence ,
conduit ,
confluence ,
congeries ,
conglomeration ,
congress ,
conjugation ,
conjunction ,
connectedness ,
connecting ,
connecting link ,
connecting rod ,
connection with ,
connections ,
consanguinity ,
consecution ,
consecutiveness ,
consistency ,
contact ,
conterminousness ,
contiguity ,
continuity ,
continuum ,
contrariety ,
convergence ,
conversation ,
converse ,
copula ,
copulation ,
correlation ,
correspondence ,
corridor ,
coterminousness ,
coupling ,
course ,
cousinhood ,
cousinship ,
covered way ,
credit ,
creed ,
cult ,
cycle ,
dealing ,
dealings ,
deduction ,
defile ,
denomination ,
deputy ,
derivation from ,
descent ,
diddling ,
disjunction ,
distributor ,
dovetail ,
drag ,
drone ,
elbow ,
embrace ,
enation ,
endless belt ,
endless round ,
etiology ,
exchange ,
exit ,
faith ,
family ,
family connection ,
fatherhood ,
ferry ,
file ,
filiation ,
ford ,
fornication ,
fraternity ,
friend at court ,
front ,
front man ,
gallery ,
gamut ,
gathering ,
germaneness ,
gliding joint ,
go -
between ,
gradation ,
hinge ,
hinged joint ,
hip ,
homology ,
honor ,
hookup ,
hum ,
imputation ,
influence ,
information ,
inlet ,
interaction ,
interagent ,
interceder ,
intercessor ,
interchange ,
intercommunication ,
intercommunion ,
intercourse ,
interest ,
interface ,
interlinking ,
intermediary ,
intermediate ,
intermediate agent ,
intermediator ,
intermedium ,
internuncio ,
interplay ,
interpleader ,
interrelationship ,
intersection ,
intervener ,
interventor ,
intimacy ,
job ,
jobber ,
join ,
joinder ,
joining ,
joint ,
jointure ,
junction ,
juncture ,
juxtaposition ,
kin ,
kindred ,
kinship ,
kith and kin ,
knee ,
knotting ,
knuckle ,
lane ,
liaison ,
line ,
lineage ,
linguistic intercourse ,
link ,
linkage ,
linking ,
lovemaking ,
making it with ,
marital affinity ,
marital relations ,
marriage ,
marriage act ,
marriage connection ,
marriage relationship ,
materiality ,
maternity ,
mating ,
matrilineage ,
matriliny ,
matrisib ,
matrocliny ,
meat ,
mediary ,
mediator ,
medium ,
meeting ,
merger ,
merging ,
message ,
middleman ,
miter ,
monotone ,
mortise ,
motherhood ,
mouthpiece ,
mutual attraction ,
nearness ,
neck ,
negotiant ,
negotiator ,
negotiatress ,
negotiatrix ,
nexus ,
office ,
ombudsman ,
onanism ,
opening ,
orderliness ,
orgasm ,
outlet ,
overpass ,
ovum ,
pairing ,
palaetiology ,
pareunia ,
partnership ,
pass ,
passage ,
passageway ,
paternity ,
patrilineage ,
patriliny ,
patrisib ,
patrocliny ,
pendulum ,
perigee ,
perihelion ,
periodicity ,
persuasion ,
pertinence ,
pivot ,
pivot joint ,
place ,
placement ,
plenum ,
portico ,
position ,
post ,
powder train ,
procreation ,
progression ,
propinquity ,
proximity ,
pull ,
queue ,
rabbet ,
railroad tunnel ,
range ,
rank ,
rapport ,
recurrence ,
reference ,
reference to ,
regard ,
relatedness ,
relation ,
relations ,
relationship ,
relatives ,
relevance ,
reply ,
respect ,
response ,
responsibility ,
reticulation ,
rotation ,
round ,
routine ,
row ,
run ,
saddling ,
scale ,
scarf ,
screwing ,
seam ,
sect ,
sequence ,
series ,
sex ,
sex act ,
sexual climax ,
sexual commerce ,
sexual congress ,
sexual intercourse ,
sexual relations ,
sexual union ,
shoulder ,
sibship ,
similarity ,
single file ,
sisterhood ,
sistership ,
situation ,
sleeping with ,
social intercourse ,
speaking ,
spectrum ,
speech ,
speech circuit ,
speech situation ,
sperm ,
splice ,
spokesman ,
spokeswoman ,
spot ,
stitch ,
string ,
succession ,
suture ,
swath ,
symbiosis ,
sympathy ,
symphysis ,
syzygy ,
talking ,
telepathy ,
thread ,
tie ,
tie rod ,
tie -
in ,
tie -
up ,
tier ,
ties of blood ,
togetherness ,
toggle ,
toggle joint ,
touch ,
traffic ,
train ,
traject ,
trajet ,
truck ,
tunnel ,
two -
way communication ,
underpass ,
unification ,
union ,
uniting ,
venery ,
weld ,
wholesaler ,
windrow ,
wrist ,
yoking
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