coalesce

UK:  [.kəʊə'les]

US:  [.koʊə'les]

第三人称单数：coalesces  现在分词：coalescing  过去分词：coalesced  

v.

1.结合;(政党等)合并,联合;合作

2.接合,合并;融合;联合起来

3.(断骨等)接合;(创口等)愈合,合口

4.聚合,聚集,聚结

5.组合

6.凝聚

1 . If bubbles do not immediately coalesce, the liquid can drain down and produce a structure like that shown in figure 1.
如果泡泡们没有立即融合，液体会流走并产生出如图1所示的一种结构。

2 . Some government officials appear worried that widespread worker grievances could coalesce into a broader movement .
一些政府官员似乎担心，工人们中间普遍存在的不满可能汇聚成涉及范围更广的运动。

3 . If social conservatives were to coalesce around Mr Huckabee, that would throw the Republican primaries into utter confusion.
如果社会保守派聚集到Huckabee先生周围，这将使共和党的初选陷入极大的混乱。

4 . A number of alluvial fans along the base of a mountain may coalesce to form a continuous alluvial slope.
沿着山脚的一些冲积扇可能联合起来形成连续的冲积坡。

5 . That was the moment when matter started to coalesce and the universe became transparent.
这时宇宙物质开始合并，宇宙也变得清晰。