coalesce

英 [ˌkəʊəˈles]

美 [ˌkoʊəˈles]

v.  合并; 联合; 结合

过去分词：coalesced　过去式：coalesced　现在分词：coalescing　第三人称单数：coalesces　

TOEFLGRE计算机

BNC.18713 / COCA.12702

牛津词典

verb

• 合并；联合；结合
  to come together to form one larger group, substance, etc.
  1. The puddles had coalesced into a small stream.
     地面上水洼子里的水汇流成了一条小溪。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 联合;合并
  If two or more thingscoalesce, they come together and form a larger group or system.
  1. Cities, if unrestricted, tend to coalesce into bigger and bigger conurbations...
     如果不加限制，城市往往会联合发展成越来越大的集合城市。
  2. His sporting and political interests coalesced admirably in his writing about climbing.
     他在写登山的文章中，把自己对体育和政治的兴趣完美地结合了起来。

英英释义

verb

• mix together different elements
  1. The colors blend well
  Synonym:blendfluxmixconflatecommingleimmixfusemeldcombinemerge
• fuse or cause to grow together

双语例句

• As the disease progresses, the mucosal erosions coalesce to linear ulcers that undermine remaining mucosa.
  随着病程的发展，粘膜损害发生融合，破坏残留的粘膜以至形成线性溃疡。
• The ongoing story of Warcraft is subtly woven into the quest system, and over time will coalesce more and more into a pattern that can be seen.
  “背叛者的消失”是两支人族军队进军Durotar的延续。War3的故事情节被巧妙的交错于任务系统中，过去的一切将被合并成一个可预见的情形。
• The soft powder fired at high temperature until the ceramic particles melt and coalesce to form a glaze.
  松软的粉末在高温下烧结，陶土粒子即溶结成一层瓷釉。
• These may eventually coalesce to form an anastomosing system of channel sands within a broad valley.
  最后它们在宽阔的河谷内连接起来，形成一个交织的河道砂系统。
• Some government officials appear worried that widespread worker grievances could coalesce into a broader movement.
  一些政府官员似乎担心，工人们中间普遍存在的不满可能汇聚成涉及范围更广的运动。
• Consequently, it must incur a long pause to defragment, or compact, the heap to coalesce many smaller free memory areas into larger free memory areas to satisfy a large allocation request.
  因此，必然会引发长时间的暂停来整理碎片或进行压缩，堆将很多小块的自由内存区域整合为一块大的自由内存区域，从而满足大型分配请求。
• The spheres crammed into the clot that formed at the site of the cut, the team found, suggesting that they help the animals'own platelets coalesce.
  研究小组发现，这些球粒聚集在一起，在切口处形成凝块，说明球粒可以帮助动物自身的血小板进行粘合。
• This compacted material is placed in an oven and sintered in a controlled atmosphere at high temperatures and the metal powders coalesce and form a solid.
  被压实的材料置于炉内烧结，在高温下炉内环境可控，金属粉末熔合形成固体。
• Scientists believe this process explains how protoplanetary disks form around young stars and perhaps how gas disks coalesce around black holes at the centers of galaxies.
  科学家认为此过程解释了为什麽在年轻恒星周围会形成原生行星盘，或许也能解释在星系中心，气体盘如何与黑洞结合。
• As the projects begin to coalesce, they promise to compromise the very foundations that form the basis for their display and circulation.
  这些作品集合起来，就极有可能危及它们赖以展示和流通的基础。