missing link noun
plural missing links
plural missing links
Learner's definition of MISSING LINK
1
[count] : something that you do not have and that you need to complete a series or to solve a problem（一系列相互关联事物中）缺少的一环 2
the missing link : a kind of animal that was in some ways like an ape and in some ways like a human being and that is thought to have existed in the past but has not been discovered缺环（被推定存在于类人猿和人类之间尚未被发现的过渡动物）