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connective

/kuh-nek-tiv/US // kəˈnɛk tɪv //UK // (kəˈnɛktɪv) //

连通性,连接性,连接体,连接

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : serving or tending to connect: connective remarks between chapters.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that connects.
    • : Grammar. a word used to connect words, phrases, clauses, and sentences, as a conjunction.
    • : Botany. the tissue joining the two cells of the anther.

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Examples

  • Foot massagers use different methods to vibrate, stimulate, and pressurize the muscles and connective tissues in the feet.

  • While others may gaze across the open ocean and see a vast blue nothingness, islanders are more likely to see the realm of voyagers, the connective tissue between far-flung relatives, the waters that birthed their ancestors.

  • Vancouver city planners sought her advice on how to design a city that mimics the connective patterns of Northwest forests.

  • This protein gets stuck in cells’ membranes and can’t be recycled for fresh proteins, causing the cells to prematurely age and making blood vessels and connective tissue stiffer, Kleinman says.

  • He described Arise’s platform as “connective tissue” that linked Arise’s corporate clients with its network of small businesses and their agents.

  • The liver cells fulfill about 3,000 biochemical functions but they are massively reduced by tough connective tissue.

  • In that dawn light, Mika is always there in a really connective and supportive way.

  • Sentences become long and involved; dependent clauses abound; connective words and phrases are frequent.

  • Generally the vowel e in this situation, is a connective, or introduced merely for the sake of euphony.

  • A nerve consists of a bundle of such tiny axons, bound together by connective tissue.

  • Special nerve endings, called the tactile corpuscles, are found there, each inclosed in a sheath or capsule of connective tissue.

  • They are held together with a tough, stringy material called connective tissue.