Aggregate

['ægrɪgət] or ['æɡrɪɡət]

解释:

(noun.) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together.

(noun.) material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster.

(verb.) gather in a mass, sum, or whole.

(verb.) amount in the aggregate to.

(adj.) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; 'aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year'; 'the aggregated amount of indebtedness' .

(adj.) composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets; 'raspberries are aggregate fruits' .

校对:沃尔多--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

(v. t.) To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.

(v. t.) To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

(a.) Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.

(a.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

(a.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

(a.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

(a.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.

(n.) A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.

(n.) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

凯西整理

同义词及近义词：

v. a. Amass, collect, accumulate, pile, bring together, gather up, pile up, heap up, scrape together, keep together.

a. Collected.

n. Whole, total, totality, gross, lump, sum, amount, body, mass, gross amount, sum total.

校对:奥斯瓦德

解释:

v.t. to collect into a mass: to accumulate.—v.i. (rare) to add as a member to a society: to combine with.—adj. formed of parts taken together.—n. the sum total.—adv. Ag′gregately.—n. Aggregā′tion act of aggregating: state of being collected together: an aggregate.—adj. Ag′gregative.

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