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 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。
• Because coalesce filter cartridge adopts hydrophilic material, so the little water drips will be coalesced on filter layer surface.
  又由于聚结滤芯采用亲水性材料，微小的水滴更是吸附在滤层表面从而造成水滴的聚结。
• The protean set, meanwhile, will feature giant chandeliers, a circular dias that juts out into the audience and20 moving screens that will coalesce at certain points to form a single image.
  与此同时，能千变万化的舞台场景将出现巨大的吊灯，朝观众席延生的圆形舞台，20个移动的电影屏幕将在特定的点上结合形成单一画面。
• 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。
• That series of scratches coalesce to form a manifestation of an idea.
  这一系列涂鸦变成了一种思想的体现。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A simulated low-speed crash between comparably sized planetoids yields a Pluto and a Charon, plus an icy debris disk that could coalesce into a Nix and a Hydra.
  两颗相似大小的行星在模拟低速碰撞中产生了冥王星和卡戎，还有可以形成尼克斯和许德拉的并碎屑。
• These components usually coalesce around a single responsibility or set of responsibilities.
  这些组件通常结合实现单个责任或一组责任。