connecting or joining something to something else 连接的,衔接的 ■(Phonetics)denoting a consonant that is sounded at a boundary between two words or morphemes where two vowels would otherwise be adjacent, as in law(r) and order (语音)辅音连接的(表示在两个词或词素之间的界域上发音的辅音,如不发音将使两个元音毗连,如:law(r) and order)。 见 liaison