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joint CONNECTIONJCIntn [C]a place where two things are fixed together接头;接缝;结合处Repairs have involved replacing the joints between each 20-metre stretch of road.修理包括了更换公路上每隔20米的接缝。The roof needs to be replaced because water has started to leak through the joints between the tiles.屋顶需要更换了，因为水已经开始从瓦的接缝渗漏进来。In the body, a joint is the place where two bones are connected.关节The elbow is a joint in the arm.肘是手臂上的关节。There are three main types of joint which allow either some, slight or no movement of the bones.有使骨骼能够活动、轻微活动或不能活动的三种主要关节。As you become older, your joints get stiffer.人老了关节会僵硬。Sports shoes are now designed to help protect the knee and hip joints.现在设计的运动鞋有助于保护膝盖和臀部关节。If you put out of joint a part of your body such as your knee, shoulder or wrist, you force it suddenly out of its correct position.使脱臼I put my shoulder out of joint last weekend by lifting lots of heavy boxes.上周我搬了许多重箱子，肩膀脱臼了。If you put out of joint something such as a plan, you prevent it from working correctly.使混乱;使不顺遂Our whole schedule was put out of joint by the designs arriving a week late.设计图晚到一星期，打乱了我们的整个计划。"The time is out of joint; O cursed spite, / That ever I was born to set it right!" (Shakespeare, Hamlet 1. 5)“这是一个颠倒混乱的时代，哎，倒霉的我却要负起重整乾坤的责任！”（莎士比亚《汉姆雷特》）
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