amalgamate

英 [?'m?lg?me?t] 美[?'m?lɡ?met]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?amalgamates;過去式:?amalgamated;過去分詞:?amalgamated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?amalgamating;名詞:?amalgamation;

a-前綴：加強(qiáng)語氣，“malg”音似“mercury-汞”，a-連接字母，mate-使成為配偶、交配——與汞成為配偶——與汞混合，后泛指“混合”、“融合”。

amalgamate: amalgamate: [17] Amalgamate is a derivative of amalgam, a term for an alloy of mercury and another metal (now usually used for tooth fillings) borrowed into English from French or medieval Latin in the 15th century. Latin (amalagama) probably acquired the word from the Greek adjective málagma ‘softening’, a derivative of the verb malássein ‘soften’, which is a distant relative of English malleable (see MALLET).
amalgamate (v.): 1650s, back-formation from amalgamation, or from adjective amalgamate (1640s) from amalgam. Originally in metallurgy; figurative sense of "to unite" (races, etc.) is attested from 1802. Related: Amalgamated; amalgamating. Earlier verb was amalgamen (1540s).

2. The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body.: 工會(huì)將試圖合并其群體納入一個(gè)國家機(jī)構(gòu).

3. Character: colorless , transparent liquid, with pungent smell, consistency : 1.049, melting point: 16.7℃, boiling point: 118℃. Amalgamate with water, ethanol and aether.: 性狀: 無色澄清液體, 有刺激氣味, 密度為 1.049,熔點(diǎn)為 16.7 ℃, 沸點(diǎn)為118℃. 溶于水、乙醇、乙醚.