liaison
/lɪˈeɪzɒn/noun
mass noun
1
- communication or cooperation which facilitates a close working relationship between people or organizations配合, 联系：
the head porter works in close liaison with the reception office.
大楼门卫长和接待处配合密切。
1.1
- count noun a person who acts as a link to assist communication or cooperation between groups of people联络官, 联系人：
he's our liaison with a number of interested parties.
他是我们和有关各方之间的联系人。
1.2
- count noun a sexual relationship, especially one that is secret and involves unfaithfulness to a partner私通, 通奸。
2
- the binding or thickening agent of a sauce, often based on egg yolks加浓调料, 蛋黄勾芡（调味佐料中的粘合或增稠剂, 常用蛋黄打底）。
3
- Phonetics (in French and other languages) the sounding of a consonant that is normally silent at the end of a word, because the next word begins with a vowel【语音】（法语和其他语言中的）连音, 连诵（指词末通常不发音的辅音在下一词的首音为元音时须发音）。
3.1
- introduction of a consonant between a word that ends in a vowel and another that begins with a vowel, as in English law and order（以元音结尾的词和以元音开头的词之间加入一个辅音的）连读（如英语里的 law and order）。
词源
mid 17th cent. (as a cookery term)： from French， from lier 'to bind'.