joint

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復數:?joints;第三人稱單數:?joints;過去式:?jointed;過去分詞:?jointed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?jointsing;副詞:?jointly;

joint 聯(lián)合的

來自join的過去分詞。

joint (n.): late 13c., "a part of a body where two bones meet and move in contact with one another," from Old French joint "joint of the body" (12c.), from Latin iunctus "united, connected, associated," past participle of iungere "join" (see jugular). Related: Joints. Slang meaning of "place, building, establishment" (especially one where persons meet for shady activities) first recorded 1877, American English, from an earlier Anglo-Irish sense (1821), perhaps on the notion of a side-room, one "joined" to a main room. The original U.S. sense was especially of "an opium-smoking den."

Meaning "marijuana cigarette" (1938) is perhaps from notion of something often smoked in common, but there are other possibilities; earlier joint in drug slang meant "hypodermic outfit" (1935). Meaning "prison" is attested from 1953 but probably is older. Out of joint in the figurative sense is from early 15c. (literally, of bone displacement, late 14c.).
joint (adj.): early 15c., "united," from Old French jointiz (adj.) and joint, literally "joined," past participle of joindre (see join (v.)).

1. Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.: 露西的冷淡與世故使得巴里十分不快。

2. They had come to the world's most famous pick-up joint.: 他們來到了全世界最有名的尋花問柳之地。

3. She and Frank had never gotten around to opening a joint account.: 她和弗蘭克還沒有抽出時間去開聯(lián)名賬戶。

4. Many remedies effective in joint disease are primarily diuretic.: 許多對關節(jié)病有效的藥品主要含有利尿成分。

5. The ensuing row snarled up the work of the joint peace commission.: 隨后的爭吵把聯(lián)合和平委員會的工作攪得一團糟。