English Dictionary

splice

/splaɪs/

verb

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

She used a needle and thread to splice the two pieces of fabric together.

意味（1）

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

意味（2）

To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.

意味（3）

(slang) To unite in marriage.

But come, it's getting dreadful late, you had better be turning flukes--it's a nice bed; Sal and me slept in that ere bed the night we were spliced.

意味（4）

(figuratively) To unite as if splicing.

He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.

意味（5）

(genetics) To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.