vt. 连接, 联合, 联系

vi. 连接, 联合, 联系

[机] 连接, 连续

Connect \Con*nect"\, v. i.
To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one
line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects
with another.


Connect \Con*nect"\ (k[o^]n*n[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Connected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Connecting}.] [L. connectere,
-nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See {Annex}.]
1. To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening;
to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to
establish a bond or relation between.

He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all.
--Pope.

A man must see the connection of each intermediate
idea with those that it connects before he can use
it in a syllogism. --Locke.

2. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with
another person, thing, business, or affair.

3. To establish a communication link; -- used with with; as,
his telephone didn't answer, so I connected with him by
email.
[PJC]

4. To electronically or mechanically link (a device) to
another device, or to link a device to a common
communication line; -- used with with; as, the installer
connected our telephones on Monday; I connected my VCR to
the TV set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off
valve to my gas line.
[PJC]

{Connecting rod} (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and
connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod
connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston
rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.