amalgamate

amalgamate
[əˈmalgəmeɪt]
verb
  1. combine or unite to form one organization or structure[no obj.]
    （使）混合; （使）合并
    [with obj.]he amalgamated his company with another.
    他将他的公司与另一家合并了。
    numerous small British railway companies amalgamated.
    英国的许多小型铁路公司合并了。
    ■[with obj.](Chemistry)alloy (a metal) with mercury
    (化)使（金属）汞齐化
    [as adj. amalgamated]amalgamated zinc.
    混合锌。
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin amalgamat- 'formed into a soft mass', from the verb amalgamare, from amalgama (see amalgam)
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