单词 | amalgamate |
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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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