combine

名词 n. 动词 v.
发音 kəm-bīn'

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Ellipsis of combine harvester. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
  2. A combination.; Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent intentions.
    — The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
  3. A combination.; An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
    — His grandmother worked in the stamping plant of the sheet and tin combine.
  4. A combination.; An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
  5. Ellipsis of combine car, a type of railway car that combines passenger and freight functions. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  6. A test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
    — If you purchased this book chances are that you are planning on participating in a football combine or pro-day test.
动词 v.
  1. To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite. transitive
    — Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl.
  2. To have two or more things or properties that function together. transitive
    — Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.
  3. To come together; to unite. intransitive
    — two substances that easily combine
  4. In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
  5. To bind; to hold by a moral tie. obsolete
    — I am combined by a sacred vow.

词形变化

combines present,singular,third-person combining participle,present combined participle,past combined past combines plural

词源

词源 1
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English combynyn, from Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combīnāre (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + bīnī (“two by two”).
词源 2
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English combynyn, from Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combīnāre (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + bīnī (“two by two”).
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