n.[C]
    
      - 接頭,接縫;接合點
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The pipe was rusted at the 
joint.
管子的接合處生鏽了。
 
      - 【解】關節
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He suffers from arthritis in his leg 
joints.
他的腿有關節炎。
 
      - (枝,菜的)附根,節疤
 
      - 【地】裂縫,岩石的節理
 
      - 【英】(帶骨的)大塊肉
 
      - 【俚】下流娛樂場所;小酒館;賭窟
 
      - 【俚】大麻煙
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Take a seat, have a cigarette or a 
joint and I will be back in three minutes.
請坐,抽根香菸或大麻煙,我三分鐘內就回來。
 
    
    vt.
    
      - 連接,接合
 
      - 在關節處分開;把(肉等)切成大塊
 
    
    a.[B]
    
      - 連接的
 
      - 聯合的,共同的
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By their 
joint efforts they managed to complete the project on time.
他們透過共同努力總算按時完成了計畫。
 
      - 合辦的,共有的
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We have opened a 
joint account at the bank.
我們在銀行開了一個共有的帳戶。
 
    
   
  片語
  
    out of joint
    
      - 脫臼的
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He had a bad fall, which put his shoulder 
out of joint.
他重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
 
      - 混亂的;不協調的
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All things there are 
out of joint.
那兒的一切都亂七八糟。
 
    
   
  衍生
  
  辨析
  
 
  n.
     - a point at which parts are joined. 
▸Geology  a break or fracture in a mass of rock.
 ▸a piece of flexible material forming the hinge of a book cover.
 - a structure in a body by which two bones are fitted together. 
▸a section of a body or limb between connecting places.
 ▸Brit. a large piece of meat.
 ▸the part of a plant stem from which a leaf or branch grows.
 ▸a section of a plant stem between such parts.
 - informal an establishment of a specified kind:
 a burger joint.
 ▸
(the joint)
 N. Amer. prison.
 - informal a cannabis cigarette.
 - chiefly black slang a film, piece of music, or other creative work.
 
adj.
 shared, held, or made by two or more people. 
▸sharing in an achievement or activity.
 ▸Law  applied or regarded together. Contrasted with several.
v.
   - provide or fasten with joints. 
▸prepare (a board) to be joined to another by planing its edge.
 - cut (the body of an animal) into joints.
 - point (masonry or brickwork).
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - out of joint
 (of a joint of the body) dislocated. ▸in a state of disorder.
 
    
   
  Derivative
  
    - jointless adj.
  - jointly adv.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr., past part. of joindre (see join).