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amalgam

noun
🔊/əˈmælɡəm/
🔊/əˈmælɡəm/
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  1. [countable, usually singular] amalgam (of something) (formal) a mixture or combination of things混合物；综合体
    • The film script is an amalgam of all three books.这个电影脚本由三本书合成。🔊🔊
    • an amalgam of several companies and organizations多家公司和组织的混合体
  2. [uncountable] (specialist) a mixture of mercury and another metal, used especially to fill holes in teeth 汞齐（尤用于补牙）
    3. Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French amalgame or medieval Latin amalgama, from Greek malagma ‘an emollient’.