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单词 intercommunicate
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Definition of intercommunicate in English:

intercommunicate

verb ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtˌɪn(t)ərkəˈmjunəkeɪt
[no object]
  • 1Engage in two-way communication.

    互相联系;互通消息;互相通话

    Dr Haber gazed at this while intercommunicating with his receptionist

    哈伯博士一边与接待助手通话一边凝神注视着这个。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • What could be more conventional than the taps on the wall by which prisoners in neighboring cells intercommunicate in code?
    • But this thing they call ‘spiritualism,’ wherein a medium intercommunicates with the dead, is a fraud from start to finish.
    • Roberta Brinton, at the University of Southern California, has succeeded in growing neurons in a cell culture on electronic chips that can intercommunicate.
    Synonyms
    cooperate, work together, collaborate
  • 2often as adjective intercommunicating(of two rooms) have a common connecting door.

    (两个房间)相通

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The spacious sitting room has a marble fireplace, patio doors, bay window and intercommunicating doors to the dining room which has a tiled floor, two velux roof windows, patio doors and is open plan to the kitchen.

Derivatives

  • intercommunicative

  • adjectiveˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv

Origin

Late 16th century: from Anglo-Latin intercommunicat- 'mutually communicated', from the verb intercommunicare.

Rhymes

communicate, excommunicate, tunicate

Definition of intercommunicate in US English:

intercommunicate

verbˌin(t)ərkəˈmyo͞onəkātˌɪn(t)ərkəˈmjunəkeɪt
[no object]
  • 1Engage in two-way communication.

    互相联系;互通消息;互相通话

    Dr. Haber gazed at this while intercommunicating with his receptionist

    哈伯博士一边与接待助手通话一边凝神注视着这个。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Roberta Brinton, at the University of Southern California, has succeeded in growing neurons in a cell culture on electronic chips that can intercommunicate.
    • What could be more conventional than the taps on the wall by which prisoners in neighboring cells intercommunicate in code?
    • But this thing they call ‘spiritualism,’ wherein a medium intercommunicates with the dead, is a fraud from start to finish.
    Synonyms
    cooperate, work together, collaborate
  • 2(of two rooms) have a common connecting door.

    (两个房间)相通

    there were two apartments on the next floor, intercommunicating

    紧接的楼层上有两套相通的公寓。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The spacious sitting room has a marble fireplace, patio doors, bay window and intercommunicating doors to the dining room which has a tiled floor, two velux roof windows, patio doors and is open plan to the kitchen.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Anglo-Latin intercommunicat- ‘mutually communicated’, from the verb intercommunicare.

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