agglutinate
verb [ I or T ] uk/əˈɡluː.tɪ.neɪt/ us/əˈɡluː.tə.neɪt/
粘合
to stick together or cause things to stick together
In healthy people, the blood platelets will agglutinate rapidly. 在健康人体内，血小板会迅速凝集。
Barley meal agglutinated in the high tropical humidity. 大麦饭在高热带湿度下凝结。
The antibody agglutinated the red blood cells of 70% of individuals in the study. 该抗体凝集了研究中70%个体的红细胞。
language specialized粘合
(of words or parts of words) to combine or be combined to form new words
These languages have a tendency to agglutinate words together. 这些语言有把词粘合到一起的趋势。
Turkish is a language with an agglutinating morphology. 土耳其语是一种粘合构词的语言。
- More examples
- It was noted that the red blood cells had agglutinated.
- The rock consists of fragments agglutinated together.
- Speakers agglutinate many words into one long aggregate word.
- In some languages, it is possible to agglutinate several individual words to the noun.