/ənd;ən;strong form ænd ||; ənd; ən; ænd/conj 1 (used to connect words or parts of sentences) also; in addition to （用于连接词语或句子的组成部份）和，还有，而且: a boy and a girl 一个男孩和一个女孩Do it slowly and carefully. 慢慢来，小心地做。We were singing and dancing all evening. 我们整晚都在唱歌跳舞。Come in and sit down. 进来坐下吧。
When the two things are closely linked, you do not need to repeat the ‘a’, etc a knife and fork my father and mother 如果两种事物密切相关，就不须要重复a等冠词：a knife and fork 刀叉 my father and mother 我父母亲 2 (used when you are saying numbers in sums) in addition to; plus （用于算术）加: Twelve and six is eighteen. 十二加六等于十八。
When you are saying large numbers and is used after the word ‘hundred ’ We say 2264 as two thousand, two hundred and sixty-four. 如果要说大数目，hundred 之后用 and：We say 2264 as two thousand, two hundred and sixty-four. 2264用英语表达就说 two thousand, two hundred and sixty-four。 3 used between repeated words to show that sth is increasing or continuing （用于重复的词中间）越来越…；重复地: The situation is getting worse and worse. 情况越来越坏。I shouted and shouted but nobody answered. 我喊了又喊，但是没有人应我。
4 used instead of ‘to’ after certain verbs, for example ‘go’, ‘come’, ‘try’ 用于某些动词如 go、come、try 等之后，代替 to: Go and answer the door for me, will you? 你帮我去应门好吗？Why don't you come and stay with us one weekend? 为何不来我们这里度一个周末？I'll try and find out what's going on. 我会设法查明到底是怎么回事。