n. 连接处, 接合, 关节

a. 共同的, 联合的, 连接的, 合办的

vt. 连接, 接合, 使有接头

vi. 贴合, 长节

[化] 接合点

[医] 关节

[经] 联合的, 共同的, 合办的

Joint \Joint\ (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint.
See {Join}.]
1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or
united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces
admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction; as, a
joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.

2. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion;
an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the
knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket
joint. See {Articulation}.

A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel,
Must glove this hand. --Shak.

To tear thee joint by joint. --Milton.

3. The part or space included between two joints, knots,
nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass
stem; a joint of the leg.

4. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions
by the butcher for roasting.

5. (Geol.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a
rock transverse to the stratification.

6. (Arch.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two
bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement,
mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.

7. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a
structure are secured together.

8. [{Jag} a notch.] A projecting or retreating part in
something; any irregularity of line or surface, as in a
wall. [Now Chiefly U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

9. (Theaters) A narrow piece of scenery used to join together
two flats or wings of an interior setting.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

10. a disreputable establishment, or a place of low resort,
as for smoking opium; -- also used for a commercial
establishment, implying a less than impeccable
reputation, but often in jest; as, talking about a
high-class joint is an oxymoron. [Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

11. a marijuana cigarette. [Slang]
[PJC]

12. prison; -- used with ``the''. [Slang] `` he spent five
years in the joint.''
[PJC]

{Coursing joint} (Masonry), the mortar joint between two
courses of bricks or stones.

{Fish joint}, {Miter joint}, {Universal joint}, etc. See
under {Fish}, {Miter}, etc.

{Joint bolt}, a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood,
one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of
the pieces.

{Joint chair} (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of
abutting rails.

{Joint coupling}, a universal joint for coupling shafting.
See under {Universal}.

{Joint hinge}, a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge.

{Joint splice}, a re["e]nforce at a joint, to sustain the
parts in their true relation.

{Joint stool}.
(a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool.
--Shak.
(b) A block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint;
a joint chair.

{Out of joint}, out of place; dislocated, as when the head of
a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well
together; disordered. ``The time is out of joint.''
--Shak.


Joint \Joint\ (joint), a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See {Join}.]
1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action.

2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or
produced by two or more working together.

I read this joint effusion twice over. --T. Hook.

3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others;
not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with
an associate, or with associates; acting together; as,
joint heir; joint creditor; a joint bank account; joint
debtor, etc. ``Joint tenants of the world.'' --Donne.

4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as,
joint property; a joint bond.

A joint burden laid upon us all. --Shak.

{Joint committee} (Parliamentary Practice), a committee
composed of members of the two houses of a legislative
body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions
of the two houses are necessary. --Cushing.

{Joint meeting}, or {Joint session}, the meeting or session
of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of
committees representing different corporations; a joint
session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a
United States senator. ``Such joint meeting shall not be
dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and
the result declared.'' --Joint Rules of Congress, U. S.

{Joint resolution} (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution
adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative
body. ``By the constitution of the United States and the
rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made
between bills and joint resolutions.'' --Barclay (Digest).

{Joint rule} (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding
adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a
legislative assembly. ``Resolved, by the House of
Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the
sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the
remainder of the session.'' --Journal H. of R., U. S.

{Joint and several} (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt,
credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held
in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged
both together and individually thus a joint and several
debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together
or either of them individually; used especially in the
phrase joint and several liability.

{Joint stock}, stock held in company.

{Joint-stock company} (Law), a species of partnership,
consisting generally of a large number of members, having
a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares,
the shares owned by any member being usually transferable
without the consent of the rest.

{Joint tenancy} (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of
estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession,
under which the survivor takes the whole. --Blackstone.

{Joint tenant} (Law), one who holds an estate by joint
tenancy. Contrassted with {tenant in common}.


Joint \Joint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jointed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Jointing}.]
1. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare
so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.

Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
--Pope.

2. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.

Jointing their force 'gainst C[ae]sar. --Shak.

3. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.

The fingers are jointed together for motion. --Ray.

4. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or
joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. ``He
joints the neck.'' --Dryden.

Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting.
--Holland.


Joint \Joint\, v. i.
To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the
stones joint, neatly.