coalesce

动词 v.
/ˌkəʊ.əˈlɛs/    /ˌkoʊ.əˈlɛs/|/ˌkəʉ.əˈles/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To join into a single mass or whole.
    — The droplets coalesced into a puddle.
  2. To form from different pieces or elements.
    — The puddle coalesced from the droplets as they ran together.
  3. To bond pieces of metal into a continuous whole by liquefying parts of each piece, bringing the liquids into contact, and allowing the combined liquid to solidify.
  4. To merge, to intermingle freely.
    — It was not a wise thing to enter a close clique, my good madam, until you had examined both them and yourself, and considered how far you were likely to coalesce.
  5. To convert a null value to a defined value.
    — You can improve the display by coalescing the ID columns. As I note in Chapter 9, the COALESCE expression takes on the value of the first non-null value in a list of values.

词形变化

coalesces present,singular,third-person coalescing participle,present coalesced participle,past coalesced past

词源

From Latin coalēscō, from co- + alēscō (“grow up”).
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