| 单词 | aggregate |
| 释义 | aggregate —aggregable /ag"ri geuh beuhl/, adj. —aggregately, adj. —aggregateness, n. —aggregatory /ag"ri geuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. adj. , n. /ag"ri git, -gayt'/; v. /ag"ri gayt'/, adj., n., v., aggregated, aggregating. adj. 1. formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness. 2. Bot. a. (of a flower) formed of florets collected in a dense cluster but not cohering, as the daisy. b. (of a fruit) composed of a cluster of carpels belonging to the same flower, as the raspberry. 3. Geol. (of a rock) consisting of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means. n. 4. a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount: the aggregate of all past experience. 5. a cluster of soil granules not larger than a small crumb. 6. any of various loose, particulate materials, as sand, gravel, or pebbles, added to a cementing agent to make concrete, plaster, etc. 7. Math. set (def. 110). 8. in the aggregate, taken or considered as a whole: In the aggregate, our losses have been relatively small. v.t. 9. to bring together; collect into one sum, mass, or body. 10. to amount to (the number of): The guns captured will aggregate five or six hundred. v.i. 11. to combine and form a collection or mass. [1375-1425; late ME < L aggregatus (ptp. of aggregare), equiv. to ag- AG- + greg- (s. of grex flock) + -atus -ATE1] Syn. 1. added, complete, whole. 9. assemble, amass, accumulate, gather. |
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