coalesce

coalesce

英 [,kəʊə'les]
　　美 [,koə'lɛs]

vi. 合並；結合；聯合
　　vt. 使…聯合；使…合並

中文詞源：

coalesce 合並

co-,表強調，-al,生長，詞源同adult,adolescence.即長到一塊。

例句：

1. Cities, if unrestricted, tend to coalesce into bigger and bigger conurbations.
如果不加限制，城市往往會聯合發展成越來越大的集合城市。

2. The view of party leader coalesce to form a coherent policy.
黨的領導人的各種觀點已統一為一致的政策.

3. Gas bubbles coalesce to grow as they rise.
氣泡在上升中聚集成長.

4. Particles do not coalesce with other particles.
顆粒之間互不聚合.

5. For both systems a cloud or train of bubbles may coalesce to give larger bubbles.
對這兩個系統來說,一群或一串氣泡都可以合並成較大的氣泡.