dovetail

🇺🇸 /ˈdʌvteɪl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈdʌvteɪl/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP20000
verb
R

When two things dovetail, they fit together perfectly or complement each other.

Her skills dovetail with mine, making us a great team.

她的技能與我的技能相輔相成,使我們成為一支很棒的團隊。

noun
R

A joint made by fitting two pieces of wood together in a way that they interlock.

The cabinetmaker used a dovetail to join the two pieces of wood.

木匠使用榫頭連接了兩塊木頭。

translation

v. 吻合
n. 榫頭

詞形變化

3rd Present dovetails
Past dovetailed
Perfect dovetailed
Progressive dovetailing
Plural dovetail joints