combine1
KK: [kǝmˈbaɪn]
DJ: [kǝmˈbain]
vt.
- 使結合;使聯合[(+with)]
Some films
combine education with recreation.
有些電影把教育與娛樂結合起來。
We are going to
combine the three departments soon.
我們很快就要合併這三個部門了。
- 兼有,兼備
- 使化合[(+with)]
vi.
- 結合;聯合[(+against)]
The two old schools are to
combine to form one big new school.
這兩所舊學校將合併組成一所新的大學校。
- 化合[(+with)]
衍生
a.
combinable
n.
combiner
辨析
combine2
KK: [ˈkɑmbaɪn]
DJ: [ˈkɒmbain]
n.[C]
- (為某種目的而聯合的)集團;企業聯合[G]
- 聯合收割打穀機
combine1
v.
/
kəmˈbʌɪn/
- unite or merge to form a whole:
combine the flour with the margarine.
▸Chemistry unite to form a compound.
- join with others for a common purpose.
n.
/
ˈkɒmbʌɪn/
a group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose.
Derivative
- combinable adj.
- combiner n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. combiner or late L. combinare ‘join two by two’, from com- ‘together’ + L. bini ‘two together’.
combine2
/
ˈkɒmbʌɪn/
v.
harvest (a crop) with a combine harvester.
n.
a combine harvester.