in other words,能做连词吗?that is to say 能做连词短语吗?

in other word是副词短语,不能做连词,如果一定要用,可以用于句首,或者加上and等连词,或加上连字符等等可以连接两个单句的表达方式.He doesn't like work--in other words,he is lazy.In other words,we won the game...