consolidate
英[k?n's?l?de?t]
美[k?n'sɑl?det]
- vt. 鞏固，使固定；聯合
- vi. 鞏固，加強
英英釋意
- 1. unite into one;
- "The companies consolidated"
- 2. make firm or secure; strengthen;
- "consolidate one's gains"
- "consolidate one's hold on first place"
- 3. bring together into a single whole or system;
- "The town and county schools are being consolidated"
- 4. form into a solid mass or whole;
- "The mud had consolidated overnight"
- 5. make or form into a solid or hardened mass;
- "consolidate fibers into boards"