When the negatively and positively charged streams meet, a complete channel connecting the cloud and the ground is formed.

当带负电和带正电的粒子流相遇时，就会形成一条连接云层和地面的完整通道。

youdao

Supersonic flights are allowed only over water-and are thus limited to connecting wealthy cities separated by an ocean-because sonic booms can damage things and annoy people on the ground.

超音速的飞机只允许在水上飞行，这样就只限于往返于被海洋隔开的富裕的国家——因为声震可以毁坏东西和给在地面上的人产生噪声。

youdao

Application platforms, often also referred to as computing platforms, are designed from the ground up for connecting two disjoint markets: users and application developers.

应用平台也叫做计算平台，被设计为连接两个分开的市场：用户与应用开发者。

youdao

The normally reliable fast train link connecting London and Paris also has ground to a halt.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

With more than 500 million active users logging on regularly to post an update, catch up with friends or tend a virtual farm, Facebook seems like fertile ground for connecting with consumers.

FORBES: Social Commerce: Luring Customers To Your Facebook Page

He is off message, losing ground, not connecting with his own base, being severely chastised (and even dismissed) by GOP pundits who should be his friends.

FORBES: Poll Shows Romney Losing Ground, Now Down By 8 Points; Wrong Track Voters At 52%

And whether or not NBC's licensing bet pays off, old media plants a massive victory stake in the ground, pushing aside technology's rightful role of connecting the world in shared moments, impervious to the sharpened sticks hurled by the digerati.

ENGADGET: Editorial: NBC's Olympics and the steely grip of old media