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

• Particles do not coalesce with other particles.
  颗粒之间互不聚合。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• Gas bubbles coalesce to grow as they rise.
  气泡在上升中聚集成长。