interface

英 [ˈɪntəfeɪs]

美 [ˈɪntərfeɪs]

n. (人机)界面(尤指屏幕布局和菜单); 接口; 接口程序; 连接电路; (两学科、体系等的)接合点，边缘区域
v. (使通过界面或接口)接合，连接

复数：interfaces　过去分词：interfaced　过去式：interfaced　第三人称单数：interfaces　

Collins.1 / BNC.3267 / COCA.6182

牛津词典

noun

（人机）界面（尤指屏幕布局和菜单）
the way a computer program presents information to a user or receives information from a user, in particular the layout of the screen and the menus
1. the user interface
  用户界面
接口；接口程序；连接电路
an electrical circuit , connection or program that joins one device or system to another
1. the interface between computer and printer
  计算机和打印机之间的接口
（两学科、体系等的）接合点，边缘区域
the point where two subjects, systems, etc. meet and affect each other
1. the interface between manufacturing and sales
  制造和销售之间的衔接

verb

（使通过界面或接口）接合，连接
to be connected with sth using an interface ; to connect sth in this way
1. The new system interfaces with existing telephone equipment.
  新系统与现有的电话设备相连接。

N-COUNT (学科或系统间相互影响或衔接的)边缘区域,接合部位
Theinterfacebetween two subjects or systems is the area in which they affect each other or have links with each other.
1. ...a witty exploration of that interface between bureaucracy and the working world.
  对官僚阶层与劳动大众之间的临界区域的风趣探究
N-COUNT (软件的用户)界面
If you refer to the userinterfaceof a particular piece of computing software, you are talking about its presentation on screen and how easy it is to operate.
1. ...the development of better user interfaces.
  更友好的用户界面的开发
(计算机或电子设备的)接口
In computing and electronics, aninterfaceis an electrical cricuit which links one machine, especially a computer, with another.
V-RECIP-ERG (使)(与…)相互联系（或连接）
If one thinginterfaces withanother, or if two thingsinterface, they have connections with each other. If youinterfaceone thingwithanother, you connect the two things.
1. ...the way we interface with the environment...
  我们与环境相互作用的方式
2. The different components all have to interface smoothly...
  不同的部件都必须能顺利接合。
3. He had interfaced all this machinery with a master computer.
  他把所有机器连接到了一台主计算机上。

noun

(chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
(computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
Synonym:port
the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
1. the interface between chemistry and biology
(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system
Synonym:user interface