[mass noun]the action, process, or result of combining or uniting 混合;合并;统一 the threat of amalgamation with another college. 和另一所大学合并的威胁。 [count noun]an amalgamation of two separate companies. 两家独立公司的合并。 ■(Chemistry)the action or process of alloying a metal with mercury (化)汞齐化
语源
early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin amalgamare (see amalgamate)