connect
verb uk/kəˈnekt/ us/kəˈnekt/
(JOIN)
B1 [ I or T ]（使或被）连接；（使或被）相连
to join or be joined with something else
Can I connect my printer to your computer? 我能把我的打印机连在你的计算机上吗？
Where does the stove connect (up) to the electricity? 这个炉子在哪儿接电源？
Has the phone/electricity/gas/internet been connected (= switched on or joined to the main supply) in your new place yet? 你们的新居接通电话／电／煤气／互联网了吗？
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- I'll just connect up the printer to the computer and then we'll be ready to go.
- Most villages in the highlands are now connected by roads.
- The two skyscrapers were connected by a vertiginous walkway.
- Use a screw to connect the pieces of metal.
- The bone broke just where the thigh connects to the knee.
(RELATE)
C2 [ T ]把…联系起来；由…联想到
to consider or show a person or thing to be related to someone or something else
She's an actress I connect with the theatre rather than films. 这个女演员让我联想到的是戏剧而不是电影。
Police are connecting the break-in with other recent thefts in the area. 警方正把这起入室行窃案和近期该地区其他失窃案联系起来。
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- I am not connected with the clothing trade at all.
- They connected the crop failure with strange weather conditions.
- Nobody connected her with the thefts.
- He has been connected with the local church all his life.
- There is nothing to connect him with the terrorists.
(RELATIONSHIP)
与…建立良好关系
to feel close to someone or have a good relationship with them
She has a remarkable ability to connect with a wide variety of people. 她有一种非凡的能力，可以与各种各样的人建立起良好关系。
We just didn't connect. 我们就是合不来。
(PHONE)
[ T ]为…接通（电话）
to make it possible for you to speak to someone else by phone
Could you connect me with/to a number in Paris, please? I'm not getting through. 能帮我接通巴黎的一个号码吗？我好像打不通。
(TRANSPORT)
[ I ]（运输工具）联运，衔接
If two buses, trains, etc. connect, they arrive at times that allow passengers to get off one and onto another.
Your flight arrives at 12.30, when it connects with a bus service to your hotel. 您的航班10点半到达，那儿有联运长途客车到您入住的酒店。
There's a connecting train service between the airport and the city. 机场和该市之间有火车联运。