- [intransitive] (British English)
(also jell North American English, British English)
(of two or more people二人或以上) to work well together; to form a successful group联手共事;结为一体- We just didn't gel as a group.我们就是不能成为一个集体。
Topics Successc2 - [intransitive] (British English)
(also jell North American English, British English)
(of an idea, a thought, a plan, etc.主意、想法、计划等) to become clearer and more definite; to work well变得更清楚;显得更明确;有效;起作用- Ideas were beginning to gel in my mind.各种想法在我头脑里逐渐明朗起来。
- That day, everything gelled.那天,一切都很顺利。
- [intransitive]
(also jell especially in North American English)
(specialist) (of a liquid液体) to become thicker and more solid; to form a gel胶凝;胶化;形成胶体 - [transitive, usually passive] gel something to put gel on your hair上发胶Topics Appearancec2
Word Originverb sense 4 late 19th cent.: abbreviation of gelatin. verb senses 1 to 3 late 19th cent.: gel from gel ‘gelatin’; the variant jell is a back-formation from jelly.