coalesce

英 [ˌkəʊəˈles]

美 [ˌkoʊəˈles]

v.  合并; 联合; 结合

过去分词：coalesced　过去式：coalesced　现在分词：coalescing　第三人称单数：coalesces　

TOEFLGRE计算机

BNC.18713 / COCA.12702

牛津词典

verb

• 合并；联合；结合
  to come together to form one larger group, substance, etc.
  1. The puddles had coalesced into a small stream.
     地面上水洼子里的水汇流成了一条小溪。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 联合;合并
  If two or more thingscoalesce, they come together and form a larger group or system.
  1. Cities, if unrestricted, tend to coalesce into bigger and bigger conurbations...
     如果不加限制，城市往往会联合发展成越来越大的集合城市。
  2. His sporting and political interests coalesced admirably in his writing about climbing.
     他在写登山的文章中，把自己对体育和政治的兴趣完美地结合了起来。

英英释义

verb

• mix together different elements
  1. The colors blend well
  Synonym:blendfluxmixconflatecommingleimmixfusemeldcombinemerge
• fuse or cause to grow together

双语例句

• His sporting and political interests coalesced admirably in his writing about climbing.
  他在写登山的文章中，把自己对体育和政治的兴趣完美地结合了起来。
• This compacted material is placed in an oven and sintered in a controlled atmosphere at high temperatures and the metal powders coalesce and form a solid.
  被压实的材料置于炉内烧结，在高温下炉内环境可控，金属粉末熔合形成固体。
• The protean set, meanwhile, will feature giant chandeliers, a circular dias that juts out into the audience and20 moving screens that will coalesce at certain points to form a single image.
  与此同时，能千变万化的舞台场景将出现巨大的吊灯，朝观众席延生的圆形舞台，20个移动的电影屏幕将在特定的点上结合形成单一画面。
• The soft powder fired at high temperature until the ceramic particles melt and coalesce to form a glaze.
  松软的粉末在高温下烧结，陶土粒子即溶结成一层瓷釉。
• Some government officials appear worried that widespread worker grievances could coalesce into a broader movement.
  一些政府官员似乎担心，工人们中间普遍存在的不满可能汇聚成涉及范围更广的运动。
• That series of scratches coalesce to form a manifestation of an idea.
  这一系列涂鸦变成了一种思想的体现。
• Gravitation compels dispersed matter to coalesce, thus it accounts for the very existence of the Earth, the Sun, and most of the macroscopic objects in the universe.
  引力迫使分散事项凝聚，因此，它占的生存地球，太阳，和大多数的宏观物体在宇宙中。
• Although each is different in nature, it is entirely possible under certain circumstances for these people to coalesce into a destructive force which can cause us considerable trouble and losses.
  尽管这几种人的性质不同，但是在一定的情况下，他们完全可以纠合在一起，成为一股破坏势力，可以造成不小的动乱和损失。
• The only way to nudge China towards common goals is to draw it into the international system such that its own priorities coalesce with those of other nations.
  推动中国走向共同目标的唯一方法，是让其加入国际体系，这样中国自身的重点就会与其它国家吻合。
• The spheres crammed into the clot that formed at the site of the cut, the team found, suggesting that they help the animals'own platelets coalesce.
  研究小组发现，这些球粒聚集在一起，在切口处形成凝块，说明球粒可以帮助动物自身的血小板进行粘合。