ag·glom·er·ate /əˈglɑməˌret/
團,塊(a.)成塊的,凝聚的(vt.)使成團,使成塊,使凝聚(vi.)成團,成塊,凝聚
ag·glom·er·ate /əˈglɑməˌret/ 及物動詞
(拉agglomeratus)團集的,團聚的(指花),塊粒,成團,結塊,附聚,附聚體
Ag·glom·er·ate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agglomerated p. pr. & vb. n. Agglomerating ] To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
Where he builds the agglomerated pile. --Cowper.
Ag·glom·er·ate, v. i. To collect in a mass.
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Ag·glom·er·ate Ag·glom·er·a·ted a.
1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.
2. Bot. Collected into a rounded head of flowers.
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Ag·glom·er·ate n.
1. A collection or mass.
2. Geol. A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.
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agglomerate
adj : clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower
head" [syn: agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered]
v : form into one cluster