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articulating

/adjective, noun ahr-tik-yuh-lit; verb ahr-tik-yuh-leyt/US // adjective, noun ɑrˈtɪk yə lɪt; verb ɑrˈtɪk yəˌleɪt //

衔接,衔接性,铰链式,衔接的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
    • : capable of speech; not speechless.
    • : using language easily and fluently; having facility with words: an articulate speaker.
    • : expressed, formulated, or presented with clarity and effectiveness: an articulate thought.
    • : made clear, distinct, and precise in relation to other parts: an articulate form; an articulate shape; an articulate area.
    • : having a meaningful relation to other parts: an articulate image.
    • : having parts or distinct areas organized into a coherent or meaningful whole; unified: an articulate system of philosophy.
    • : Zoology. having joints or articulations; composed of segments.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ar·tic·u·lat·ed, ar·tic·u·lat·ing.

    • : to utter clearly and distinctly; pronounce with clarity.
    • : Phonetics. to make the movements and adjustments of the speech organs necessary to utter.
    • : to give clarity or distinction to: to articulate a shape; to articulate an idea.
    • : Dentistry. to position or reposition; subject toarticulation.
    • : to unite by a joint or joints.
    • : to reveal or make distinct: an injection to articulate arteries so that obstructions can be observed by x-ray.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ar·tic·u·lat·ed, ar·tic·u·lat·ing.

    • : to pronounce clearly each of a succession of speech sounds, syllables, or words; enunciate: to articulate with excessive precision.
    • : Phonetics. to articulate a speech sound.
    • : Anatomy, Zoology. to form a joint.
    • : Obsolete. to make terms of agreement.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a segmented invertebrate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • These values require constant maintenance and must be articulated over and over again in new contexts.

  • One response was through petition writing as women took to the pen to articulate their concerns.

  • It’s not just that the weighted vote is bad – which many smaller cities have articulated loudly and clearly for a few years now – but that the weighted vote is inappropriate for quasi-judicial decisions.

  • Scroll’s reason for existing has always been fairly easy to articulate.

  • He has articulated some very clear themes and tried to approach them.

  • I am not the most financially literate person (I would be hard-pressed to articulate the term “junk bond”).

  • His correspondence, much of which survives, is that of an incisive and articulate observer.

  • I was looking for characters, originals, people who could articulate what they were doing in colorful ways.

  • “No one has been able to clearly articulate why they took that out,” Miller said.

  • My debate partner in Virginia was articulate, educated, likable, and familiar with a vast range of relevant scientific research.

  • For all that, an occasional mutter came unheeded to his ears, the closed curtains preserving articulate sounds like room walls.

  • The infant begins its vocal utterances with simple cries; only at a later age does it begin to articulate.

  • The language of the Akka is of a very undeveloped type, and seems a link between articulate and inarticulate speech.

  • He laid his hand on his brow and more than once he groaned and muttered half-articulate expressions of repugnance.

  • The sick woman was lying still; her eyes wandered and her lips moved, but as yet no articulate sound issued from them.