| 单词 | combine |
| 释义 | combine (once / 79 pages) 1vn 2n 3n When you put things together, you combine them, creating one out of several. In some cases, the different items blend their properties and cannot be divided again, while in other cases the combined items can be picked out separately. In Latin, the prefix com- means "together," and bīnī means "two by two." These were combined to create the word combīnāre, or "to unite." Comedian Dave Attell offers a good use of the verb combine (cum-BINE): What're the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them, eat a penguin. Hiram Moore's combine (the noun is pronounced COM-bine) was a machine that combined reaping, binding, and threshing into one machine, saving farmers a lot of work. WORD FAMILYcombine: combinable, combination, combinative, combinatory, combined, combines, combining, recombine+/combination: combinational, combinations, combinatorial/combinative: noncombinative/combined: combinedly, uncombined/combining: combinings, noncombining/recombination: recombinations/recombine: recombination, recombined, recombines, recombining USAGE EXAMPLESKelley and Thompson combined for 25 rushing yards on five carries. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Because it is for each issue involved — the violence, alcoholism, mental incompetence and legal jeopardy — much less for all of them combined. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) As a result, the two gobble up a combined 58 percent of all the advertising purchased in the U.S. online or on mobile phones. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v put or add together combine resources Syn|Hypo|Hyper compound totalise, totalize make into a total recombineto combine or put together again mixcombine (electronic signals) synthesise, synthesizecombine so as to form a more complex, product add make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of 2v add together from different sources combine resources Hyper chip in, contribute, give, kick in contribute to some cause 3v combine so as to form a whole; mix Syn|Hypo|Hyper compound incorporate, integrate make into a whole or make part of a whole heterodynecombine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two sulfurette, sulphurettecombine with sulfur carburetcombine with carbon foldincorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating reintegrateintegrate again build inmake something an integral part of something else re-incorporateincorporate again or anew amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify to bring or combine together or with something else 4v gather in a mass, sum, or whole Syn|Hypo|Hyper aggregate unitise, unitize make into a unit amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify to bring or combine together or with something else 5v mix together different elements Syn|Hypo|Hyper blend, coalesce, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix gauge mix in specific proportions absorbcause to become one with meld, meltlose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually blend in, mix incause (something) to be mixed with (something else) accretegrow together (of plants and organs) conjugateunite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds admixmix or blend alloymake an alloy of syncretise, syncretizebecome fused cut inmix in with cutting motions change integrity change in physical make-up 6v have or possess in combination Syn|Hyper unite feature, have have as a feature 7v join for a common purpose or in a common action These forces combined with others Hypo|Hyper summate form or constitute a cumulative effect interact act together or towards others or with others 8n an occurrence that results in things being united 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper combining recombination (genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents recombination(physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles consolidationcombining into a solid mass mix, mixturean event that combines things in a mixture conglobation, conglomerationan occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass concoctionan occurrence of an unusual mixture blendan occurrence of thorough mixing union the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts n harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field 3Hyper harvester, reaper farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields n a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper cartel, corporate trust, trust Medellin cartel a drug cartel in Colombia; controlled the production of cocaine from the 1970s until 1993 when the leader was killed Cali cartela drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993; adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close ties with politicians etc.) drug cartel an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs oil cartela cartel of companies or nations formed to control the production and distribution of oil OPEC, Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countriesan organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum consortium, pool, syndicate an association of companies for some definite purpose |
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