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

• 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 two supermassive black holes in the original galactic cores will also coalesce into a single, even more massive black hole.
  位在个别星系核心的超大质量黑洞，未来也会聚成单个更大质量的黑洞。
• These services can coalesce to accomplish a specific business task, enabling businesses to quickly adapt to changing conditions and requirements.
  可以对这些服务进行结合，以完成特定的业务任务，从而让您的业务快速适应不断变化的客观条件和需求。
• 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 number of alluvial fans along the base of a mountain may coalesce to form a continuous alluvial slope.
  沿着山脚的一些冲积扇可能联合起来形成连续的冲积坡。
• Gas bubbles coalesce to grow as they rise.
  气泡在上升中聚集成长。
• 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。
• Gravitation compels dispersed matter to coalesce, thus it accounts for the very existence of the Earth, the Sun, and most of the macroscopic objects in the universe.
  引力迫使分散事项凝聚，因此，它占的生存地球，太阳，和大多数的宏观物体在宇宙中。
• 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。
• From time to time, as you continue along, a Big Dream will coalesce out of the swamp fog.
  偶尔地，在你继续时，一个”巨大梦想“将会从沼泽地的雾气中映现出来。