Link-up

Definition

link / lÇŋk / n ~ ( between A and B ) ၁။ အဆက္။ အဆက္အသြယ္။ ကြင္းဆက္။ commercial / cultural / diplomatic links ❍ a rail link (ie service) between the two towns ❍ a telephone link ❍ Police suspect there may be a link between the two murders. See also MISSING LINK ၂။ ကြင္းဆက္။ ❍ CHAIN See also CUFF-LINK v ~ A to/with B ; ~ A and B (together) ; ~ sth (up) ခ်ိတ္သည္။ ဆက္သည္။ ဆက္သြယ္သည္။ ဆက္စပ္သည္။ The crowd linked arms to form a barrier. ❍ A new motorway links the two towns. ❍ Television stations around the world are linked by satellite. ❍ The newspapers have linked his name with hers (ie implied that they are having an affair). ❍ Use of the spray has been linked to skin cancer. ❏ link up (with sb/sth) [ PHRV ] ခ်ိတ္သည္။ ေပါင္းသည္။ ဆက္သည္။ The two spacecraft will link up (with each other) in orbit. ❍ The school has linked up with the local history society on the project. ❏ link-up n ဆက္ျခင္း။ ခ်ိတ္ျခင္း။ the link-up of two satellites in space.

Examples

1. Police suspect that the two murder cases are linked.
2. [be linked to/with something] : Rock music has often been linked with the drug culture.
3. [be closely/inextricably/intimately linked] : People’s physical and emotional well-being are inextricably linked.
4. [link someone/something to something] : Police have evidence linking Bates to a drug-importation operation.
5. Scientists now link certain types of cancer to the amount of junk food that people consume.
6. Several new roads will link the southern and northern regions of the country.
7. [link something to/with something] : A new footbridge linking the Tate Modern with St Paul’s Cathedral
8. [link something to something] : Link the supply cable to the fitting at the rear of the machine.