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单词 dovetail
释义
dovetail
noun[C]
architecturespecialized
uk
/ˈdʌv.teɪl/us
/ˈdʌv.teɪl/
(alsodovetail joint)
atypeofjointused tofixtwopiecesofwoodfirmlytogether
鸠尾榫，楔形榫
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dovetail
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈdʌv.teɪl/us
/ˈdʌv.teɪl/
tocausesomething tofitexactlytogether:
（使）咬合；（使）吻合；（使）衔接
Theirresultsdovetailnicelywithours.他们的结果与我们的非常吻合。
Wetriedto dovetailourplanswiththeirs.我们试图把我们的计划与他们的计划衔接起来。
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  • eclectically
  • elide
  • hyphenate
  • linkage
  • lumpsomeone/somethingtogether
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(Definition ofdovetailfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dovetail| American Dictionary

dovetail
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈdʌvˌteɪl/
tofittogether well, or tocausesomething tofittogether well with somethingelse:
[I]Ourplansdovetailed, and we wereabletomeetthatevening.
(Definition ofdovetailfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdovetail

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In this way, formal anti-insider dealing law dovetails neatly with practitioner based regulation aimed at preventing and penalising the misuse of inside information.
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The essay simply shows that the learnability advantage obtained by eliminating optionality dovetails with the arguments for bilingualism.
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In his target article, todorovic raised points about shepard's kinematic principle that dovetailed nicely with my own.
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Structures were built of logs, the ends cut and dovetailed.
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Here, government policy (formulated with the advice of learned societies) and diplomacy in the field dovetailed with private enterprise.
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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.
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The current study also dovetails with others demonstrating the ubiquitous nature of psychological maltreatment.
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Such an expansion, however, dovetails a curious limitation in the scope of natural science.
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The continuing evolution of pulse-power technology dovetails nicely with the needs of the z-pinch research community.
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The scheme is neatly dovetailed into the established system of private practice.
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Fraternity was dovetailed with obedience to administrative authority.
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His 'reply' - which begins before her speech has finished, the two passages dovetailing seamlessly - fits his line remarkably closely to her musical profile.
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The passage in question is a rising whole-tone scale ingeniously dovetailed in luminous colours, leading to music for four marimbas and other percussion.
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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.
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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.
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