English Dictionary

contact

/ˈkɑntækt/

noun

The act of touching physically; being in close association. / The establishment of communication (with). / The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.

Please avoid contact with others to prevent the spread of germs.

意味（1）

The act of touching physically; being in close association.

She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.

意味（2）

The establishment of communication (with).

I haven't been in contact with her for years.

意味（3）

The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.

If the pilot […] cannot establish visual contact with the ground, he must immediately execute a missed-approach procedure […]

意味（4）

A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.

Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.

意味（5）

Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.

Who is the company's contact for sales queries?

意味（6）

(informal) A contact lens.

意味（7）

(electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.

意味（8）

(informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.

I bought myself a new contact ball last week

意味（9）

(mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.