agglomerate
verb (specialist) [intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they agglomerate | |
he / she / it agglomerates | |
past simple agglomerated | |
past participle agglomerated | |
-ing form agglomerating |
to form into a mass or group; to collect things and form them into a mass or group (使)成团,聚结 These small particles agglomerate together to form larger clusters. 这些颗粒聚结形成较大的团。 - agglomerate something
They agglomerated many small pieces of research into a single large study. 他们把许多小的研究课题汇集成一个大项目。
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin agglomerat- ‘added to’, from the verb agglomerare, from ad- ‘to’ + glomerare (from glomus ‘ball’).