(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
a disreputable place of entertainment
the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
junction by which parts or objects are joined together
marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
Adjective:
united or combined;"a joint session of Congress" "joint owners"
affecting or involving two or more;"joint income-tax return" "joint ownership"
involving both houses of a legislature;"a joint session of Congress"
Verb:
fit as if by joints;"The boards fit neatly"
provide with a joint;"the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood"
fasten with a joint
separate (meat) at the joint
中英词源
joint 联合的
来自join的过去分词。
joint (n.)
late 13c., "a part of a body where two bones meet and move in contact with one another," from Old French joint "joint of the body" (12c.), from Latin iunctus "united, connected, associated," past participle of iungere "join" (see jugular). Related: Joints. Slang meaning of "place, building, establishment" (especially one where persons meet for shady activities) first recorded 1877, American English, from an earlier Anglo-Irish sense (1821), perhaps on the notion of a side-room, one "joined" to a main room. The original U.S. sense was especially of "an opium-smoking den."
Meaning "marijuana cigarette" (1938) is perhaps from notion of something often smoked in common, but there are other possibilities; earlier joint in drug slang meant "hypodermic outfit" (1935). Meaning "prison" is attested from 1953 but probably is older. Out of joint in the figurative sense is from early 15c. (literally, of bone displacement, late 14c.).
joint (adj.)
early 15c., "united," from Old French jointiz (adj.) and joint, literally "joined," past participle of joindre (see join (v.)).
