missing link

English

Noun

missing link (plural missing links)

(colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.
(figuratively) Any sought-after or valuable intermediary figure or position.

Translations

hypothetical primate

Chinese:
Mandarin: 缺少的環節, 缺少的环节 (quēshǎo de huánjié)
Finnish: puuttuva rengas
French: chaînon manquant (fr) m
German: fehlendes Glied n, fehlendes Bindeglied n, Missing Link m, n, fehlende Verbindung f

Japanese: ミッシングリンク (misshingu rinku)
Portuguese: elo perdido m
Russian: недостаю́щее звено́ n (nedostajúščeje zvenó), перехо́дная фо́рма f (perexódnaja fórma)
Spanish: eslabón perdido (es) m

figuratively: sought-after intermediary figure

Chinese:
Mandarin: 缺少的環節, 缺少的环节 (quēshǎo de huánjié)
Finnish: puuttuva rengas
French: chaînon manquant (fr) m

German: fehlendes Glied n, fehlendes Bindeglied n, fehlende Verbindung f
Russian: недостаю́щее звено́ n (nedostajúščeje zvenó)
Spanish: eslabón perdido (es) m

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.