link
noun/lɪŋk/
Слово англійською: link
Переклад link українською: посилання
Детальний опис
- a connection between two or more people or things
- link between A and B Police suspect there may be a link between the two murders.
- There is evidence for a strong causal link between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
- to establish/find a link
- link with somebody/something These photographs are a direct link with the past.
- link to somebody/something Many of them had no previous links to terrorism.
- a relationship between two or more people, countries or organizations
- link with somebody/something to establish trade links with Asia
- Producers are forging direct links with consumers.
- The department tries to maintain close links with industry.
- link between A and B Social workers provide a vital link between hospital and community.
- The agreement will strengthen the links between the two countries.
- a means of travelling or communicating between two places
- a high-speed rail link
- a video link
- link between A and B The canal was an important transport link between England and Wales.
- link to something The driver has a radio link to base.
- link via something We're trying to establish a link via satellite.
- via a link The speech was broadcast via a satellite link.
- (also hotlink, hyperlink)(computing) a place in an electronic document that is connected to another electronic document or to another part of the same document
- You can find all the details by clicking this link.
- Follow the links to watch our exclusive trailer.
- link to something I've posted a link to the article, for those who are interested.
- each ring of a chain
- The chain was too long so I removed a few of the links.
- (also link sausage, sausage link)(all especially North American English) a chain of long thin sausages; an individual long thin sausage
- You need four Italian sausage links.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense a loop; also as a verb in the sense ‘connect physically’): from Old Norse hlekkr, of Germanic origin; related to German Gelenk ‘joint’.
Idioms
a link in the chain
- one of the stages in a process or a line of argument
- Food production, processing and marketing are different links in the chain from farmer to consumer.
- Death is the last link in the chain.
the weak link (in the chain)
- the point at which a system or an organization is most likely to fail
- She went straight for the one weak link in the chain of his argument.