单词 | mingle |
释义 | mingle (once / 168 pages) v When things mingle, that means they mix together while still retaining their individual qualities. At a club you may hear laughter that seems to mingle with the sound of the band playing in the background. Mingle often describes abstract things, like smells or tastes or feelings. The look on your face may mingle compassion and horror when you taste your brother’s attempt at making Key Lime Pie. Mingle can also describe what you do at a social gathering when you move around a lot and talk to many different people. If you’re an outgoing person, at a party you probably like to mingle and talk to friends and also chat with new people. WORD FAMILYmingle: intermingle, mingled, mingles, mingling+/intermingle: intermingled, intermingles, intermingling/mingled: unmingled/mingling: minglings USAGE EXAMPLESOne report suggested he abandoned his weapon and mingled with the crowd outside pretending to be an injured civilian. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Guests mingled over drinks by the pool, which was framed by banquette tables lit from above by strings of bulbs. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) As mundanity mingles with tragedy, we confront the inevitable Popian letdown: Do we care enough? The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) 1v to bring or combine together or with something else resourcefully he mingled music and dance Syn|Hypo|Hyper amalgamate, commix, 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 2v be all mixed up or jumbled together Syn|Hyper jumble be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 3v get involved or mixed-up with He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair |
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