joint /dʒɔɪnt/ star4 CET4 TEM4 (joints)

• 1.  

  ADJ（形容词） Joint means shared by or belonging to two or more people. 联合的; 共同的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  She and Frank had never got around to opening a joint account.

  她和弗兰克还没能抽出时间开个联名账户。

• 2.  

  ADV（副词） jointly 联合地; 共同地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  The Port Authority is an agency jointly run by New York and New Jersey.

  该港务局是纽约和新泽西共管的机构。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A joint is a part of your body such as your elbow or knee where two bones meet and are able to move together. 关节

  例：

  Her joints ache if she exercises.

  她的关节一运动就疼。

• 4.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A joint is the place where two things are fastened or joined together. 连接处

  例：

  ...the joint between the inner and outer panels.

  …内外嵌板的连接处。

• 5.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） You can refer to a cheap place where people go for some form of entertainment as a joint. 低档娱乐场所 [非正式]

  例：

  They had come to the world's most famous pick-up joint.

  他们来到了世界上最有名的声色场所。

• 6.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A joint is a cigarette that contains cannabis or marijuana. 大麻烟卷 [非正式]

  例：

  He's smoking a joint.

  他在吸大麻烟。

• 7.  

  PHRASE（习语） If something puts someone's nose out of joint, it upsets or offends them because it makes them feel less important or less valued. 使某人价值被贬低 [非正式]

  例：

  Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.

  露西的冷漠世故让巴里显得很不重要。