dovetail

英 [ˈdʌvteɪl]

美 [ˈdʌvteɪl]

v.  吻合; 与…吻合
n.  鸠尾榫(接头)

过去分词：dovetailed　过去式：dovetailed　第三人称单数：dovetails　现在分词：dovetailing　复数：dovetails　

BNC.22169 / COCA.21364

牛津词典

verb

• 吻合；与…吻合
  if two things dovetail or if one thing dovetails with another, they fit together well
  1. My plans dovetailed nicely with hers.
     我的计划与她的计划正好吻合。

noun

• 鸠尾榫（接头）
  a joint for fixing two pieces of wood together

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP-ERG (与…)吻合;(与…)切合
  If two thingsdovetailor if one thingdovetails withanother, the two things fit together neatly or have some common characteristics.
  1. I'm following up a few things that might dovetail.
     我正追查几件可能互相关联的事。
  2. ...an attempt to look for areas where U.S. interests can dovetail with Japanese concerns...
     寻找既符合美国利益又是日本关注点的领域的企图
  3. It is important that we dovetail our respective interests...
     让我们各自的利益相吻合很重要。
  4. The management of local affairs should dovetail regional interests with those of the country as a whole.
     地方事务的管理应该使地方利益和国家的整体利益相吻合。
• 鸠形榫（接头）
  Adovetailor adovetail jointis a joint used for fitting two pieces of wood tightly together.

英英释义

noun

• a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
  Synonym:dovetail joint

verb

• fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail

双语例句

• And so, of course, I had to dovetail with that.
  因此，我当然不得不这样做。
• There are some dreams that dovetail with ascension and others that do not.
  有一些梦想是和提升相契合的，但有一些却并不契合。
• And squeeze it out with his dovetail jig.
  用他那楔形装配架榨些出来。
• There are no victims beloved, each species chooses their fate, and all fates dovetail with all others.
  这里没有蒙难者，至爱的人类，每个物种都选择自己的命运，而所有命运彼此吻合。
• A wood-working plane designed to make the grooves for dovetail joints.
  设计用来刨燕尾形接点的木工刨。
• The findings dovetail with controlled lab studies in which participants generally eat more food after consuming alcohol.
  研究发现与实验室对照实验相吻合，在实验中，参与者往往在喝酒之后食量更大。
• The party is trying to dovetail its industrial strategy with its policies on regional development.
  该政党试图使它的工业策略与地区发展政策相一致。
• Mold Design using dovetail joints together of different sizes can be easily replaced.
  模具采用燕尾槽齐缝设计可方便更换不同尺寸。
• The inability of Owen and Wayne Rooney to dovetail for their country has almost attained comic proportions.
  欧文和鲁尼为国效力时没能拼装到一起，两人的格格不入简直到了滑稽程度。
• Developing education and spending more on it can help dovetail the workforce structure with a growing economys need for workers at different technical levels and in different fields of work.
  发展教育事业和增加对教育事业的支出，可以使劳动力的结构适合于经济增长对不同技术水平和不同工种的劳动力的需要。