amalgamate

vi. 合并；汞齐化；调制汞合金

vt. 合并；使（金属）汞齐化；混合

英文词源

amalgamate: amalgamate: [17] Amalgamate is a derivative of amalgam, a term for an alloy of mercury and another metal (now usually used for tooth fillings) borrowed into English from French or medieval Latin in the 15th century. Latin (amalagama) probably acquired the word from the Greek adjective málagma ‘softening’, a derivative of the verb malássein ‘soften’, which is a distant relative of English malleable (see MALLET).
amalgamate (v.): 1650s, back-formation from amalgamation, or from adjective amalgamate (1640s) from amalgam. Originally in metallurgy; figurative sense of "to unite" (races, etc.) is attested from 1802. Related: Amalgamated; amalgamating. Earlier verb was amalgamen (1540s).

a-前缀：加强语气，“malg”音似“mercury-汞”，a-连接字母，mate-使成为配偶、交配——与汞成为配偶——与汞混合，后泛指“混合”、“融合”。

2. The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body.: 工会将试图合并其群体纳入一个国家机构.

3. Character: colorless , transparent liquid, with pungent smell, consistency : 1.049, melting point: 16.7℃, boiling point: 118℃. Amalgamate with water, ethanol and aether.: 性状: 无色澄清液体, 有刺激气味, 密度为 1.049,熔点为 16.7 ℃, 沸点为118℃. 溶于水、乙醇、乙醚.