| 词汇 | dovetail |
| 释义 | dovetail noun[ C ] architecture specializeduk /ˈdʌv.teɪl/ us /ˈdʌv.teɪl/(alsodovetail joint) a type of joint used to fix two pieces of wood firmly together鸠尾榫，楔形榫 Difydave/E+/GettyImages Building: carpentry & joinery beading bevel bevelled cabinetmaker carpenter gimlet intarsia jigsaw joinery mitre mortice panel plane sand sandpaper sawdust seasoned shelve tenon woodwork dovetail verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈdʌv.teɪl/ us /ˈdʌv.teɪl/ to cause something to fit exactly together: （使）咬合；（使）吻合；（使）衔接 dovetail withTheir results dovetail nicely with ours.他们的结果与我们的非常吻合。 dovetail something with somethingWe tried to dovetail our plans with theirs.我们试图把我们的计划与他们的计划衔接起来。 Connecting and combining abut additive adjoin affix something to something agglomerate connectedly connecting converge convergence cor interweave isthmic jointed junction kludge unification unified unify unintegrated union dovetail | American Dictionarydovetail verb[ I/T ] us/ˈdʌvˌteɪl/ to fit together well, or to cause something to fit together well with something else: [ I ]Our plans dovetailed, and we were able to meet that evening. Examples of dovetaildovetail In this way, formal anti-insider dealing law dovetails neatly with practitioner based regulation aimed at preventing and penalising the misuse of inside information. The essay simply shows that the learnability advantage obtained by eliminating optionality dovetails with the arguments for bilingualism. In his target article, todorovic raised points about shepard's kinematic principle that dovetailed nicely with my own. Structures were built of logs, the ends cut and dovetailed. Here, government policy (formulated with the advice of learned societies) and diplomacy in the field dovetailed with private enterprise. Conveniently, such a notion potentially dovetails with contemporary doctrines about female sexuality: with the wall of modesty once broken down, the next stop is nymphomania. The current study also dovetails with others demonstrating the ubiquitous nature of psychological maltreatment. Such an expansion, however, dovetails a curious limitation in the scope of natural science. The continuing evolution of pulse-power technology dovetails nicely with the needs of the z-pinch research community. The scheme is neatly dovetailed into the established system of private practice. Fraternity was dovetailed with obedience to administrative authority. His 'reply' - which begins before her speech has finished, the two passages dovetailing seamlessly - fits his line remarkably closely to her musical profile. The passage in question is a rising whole-tone scale ingeniously dovetailed in luminous colours, leading to music for four marimbas and other percussion. His emphasis on an active programme of counter-cyclical expenditure on goods, services and public works also dovetails with the national and collectivist solutions characteristic of the old welfare. The mor phological level is relatively, though not absolutely, consistent within itself, and it dovetails well with the phonological and syntactic levels in its preference for right-branching. See all examples of dovetail These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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