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Amalgamate School 混合物 ə'Mælgəmeit V.合并;混合 英 V.合并(Unite Combine);混合(To

单词 amalgamate
音标 [ə'mælgəmeit]
解释 v.合并;混合
红宝书 【英】 v.合并(unite; combine);混合(to combine in an amalgam)
【考】 反义词: separate(分离); isolate(隔离)
【记】 来自单词amalgam(合 金, 混合物)
【例】 Our school will amalgamate with another school.
字源 amalgamate (v.)
1650s, back-formation from amalgamation, or from adjective amalgamate (1640s) from amalgam. Originally in metallurgy; figurative sense of "to unite" (races, etc.) is attested from 1802. Related: Amalgamated; amalgamating. Earlier verb was amalgamen (1540s).
不择手段背单词 v. 合并 = unite = combine; 混合 = admix = interfuse
【例】That school will amalgamate with another school 那所学校将和另一所学校合并.
【记】来自单词amalgam(n 汞合金, 混合物)
【反】separate(v 分离); isolate(v 隔离); disintegrate(vt 使分解)
趣味全助记 【记】amalgam + ate 动词

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