| 单词 | amalgamate |
| 释义 | amalgamate (once / 2430 pages) vadj To amalgamate is to combine different things to create something new. Institutions — such as banks, schools, or hospitals — often join forces and amalgamate with one other. But other things — like musical genres — get amalgamated as well. The verb amalgamate original referred specifically to the mixture of metals, now however, it refers to any mixing or blending. A school board might decide to amalgamate two schools into one school due to a decrease in the student population, but amalgamating their mascots would be impossible. WORD FAMILYamalgamate: amalgamated, amalgamates, amalgamating, amalgamation, amalgamator+/amalgam: amalgamate, amalgams/amalgamation: amalgamations/amalgamator: amalgamators USAGE EXAMPLESSonically, Michael’s music was modern and progressive, and effortlessly amalgamated rock, funk, soul, R&B and dance. Salon(Dec 26, 2016) The writer is second vice president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) And so the taxonomic order Cetartiodactyla was named, amalgamating deer and dolphins. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) 1v to bring or combine together or with something else Syn|Hypo|Hyper commix, mingle, mix, unify aggregate, combine gather in a mass, sum, or whole concoctmake a concoction (of) by mixing combine, compoundcombine so as to form a whole; mix blend, immingle, intermingle, intermixcombine into one incorporate, integratemake into a whole or make part of a whole unitise, unitizemake into a unit heterodynecombine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two sulfurette, sulphurettecombine with sulfur comminglemix or blend carburetcombine with carbon alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2adj joined together into a whole Syn amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused united characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity |
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