英语词汇“mingle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINmingle

Origin:

1400-1500 meng ‘to mix’ (11-19 centuries), from Old English mengan

VERB TABLE

mingle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	mingle
	he, she, it	mingles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	mingled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have mingled
	he, she, it	has mingled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had mingled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will mingle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have mingled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am mingling
	he, she, it	is mingling
	you, we, they	are mingling
Past	I, he, she, it	was mingling
	you, we, they	were mingling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been mingling
	he, she, it	has been mingling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been mingling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be mingling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been mingling

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Mingling genuine news with gossip, she made a lively companion.
Families mingled and enjoyed themselves at a block party.
Heraklion mingles traditional charm with a bustling centre of pavement cafes and shops.
Playfulness and formality can mingle, even at a wedding.
The noise was tremendous; bombs, guns, and engines mingled in discordant sound.
The smell of the sea mingled with the faint scent of the grass.
Water spread across the floor in a greasy stream, mingling with the pile of filthy rubbish.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

As usual he mingled with his guests, with whom he remained until just after ten o'clock.
Here was a set of fake brass handles incongruously mingled with a different set of pewter fixtures.
Our voices were mingled in poetry.
These four are eternal and are constantly mingling in different proportions and separating.
They come to hear music and end up mingling with a lot of people they may not mingle with in everyday life.
They didn't bite, but they were mingled with ferocious mosquitoes, which did.

Longman Language Activatorto become mixed► mix

· Oil and water do not mix.· After a short time the oxygen and the nitrogen molecules will start to mix.mix with · A heater introduces warm air to mix with incoming cold air.

► combine

if two or more substances or liquids combine , they mix to produce a new substance: · When the two chemicals combine, they form an explosive compound.combine with: · Greenhouse gases combine with hydrocarbons to form smog.

► mingle

if two or more liquids, smells, sounds etc mingle , they mix but can still be recognized separately: · The noise was tremendous; bombs, guns, and engines mingled in discordant sound.mingle with: · The smell of the sea mingled with the faint scent of the grass.· Water spread across the floor in a greasy stream, mingling with the pile of filthy rubbish.

to mix ideas, feelings, styles etc► combine

to have different qualities or feelings at the same time, or to do very different activities at the same time: combine something with something: · This is a computer system that combines maximum flexibility with absolute accuracy.combine something and something: · He designed the first great suspension bridge, an idea that combines beauty and function perfectly.

► be a mixture of something and something

to contain different features or ideas, mixed together: · Her work is a mixture of classical and modern styles.· Billy's voice was a mixture of apprehension and indignation.

► bring together

if you bring together two or more elements, ideas, or characteristics, you mix them so that they can be seen at the same time: · It is a marvellous book, which brings together all the necessary elements of romance and adventure.· These opposing views should be brought together in a single paragraph, to form the conclusion to your essay.

► blend

if a piece of work, a film, a book etc blends two or more features or characteristics, it mixes them successfully: blend something and something: · The ballet company's repertoire blends tradition and creative innovation.blend something with something: · Her first novel successfully blends a sense of innocence with overwhelming bitterness.

► mingle

to show two very different characteristics or feelings at the same time, mixing them together: · Heraklion mingles traditional charm with a bustling centre of pavement cafes and shops.mingle something with something: · Mingling genuine news with gossip, she made a lively companion.

► merge

to combine or join two things together to form one thing: merge something with something: · The library profession is merging new techniques with old to produce an unbeatable combination of management skills.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► mingle/mix with the crowd

(=join a crowd to be social or in order not to be noticed)· The actors went outside to talk to and mingle with the crowd.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► crowd

· She mingled with the crowds of young, untidy foreigners who lounged around the base of the statue in Piccadilly Circus.· And a short chubby woman with thick pebble-glass spectacles, Mary Dunn, mingled with the crowd.· For a few minutes longer, she mingled with the crowd, exchanging a word here and there.