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

• 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 only way to nudge China towards common goals is to draw it into the international system such that its own priorities coalesce with those of other nations.
  推动中国走向共同目标的唯一方法，是让其加入国际体系，这样中国自身的重点就会与其它国家吻合。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。