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

单词	amalgam
释义	amalgam /euh mal"geuhm/, n. 1. an alloy of mercury with another metal or metals. 2. an alloy that consists chiefly of silver mixed with mercury and variable amounts of other metals and is used as a dental filling. 3. a rare mineral, an alloy of silver and mercury, occurring as silver-white crystals or grains. 4. a mixture or combination: His character is a strange amalgam of contradictory traits. [1425-75; late ME amalgam(e) < MF < ML < dial. Ar al the + malgham < Gk málagma softening agent, equiv. to malak- (s. of malássein to soften) + -ma n. suffix]
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