consolidate
英 [kən'sɒlɪdeɪt]
美[kən'sɑlɪdet]
- vt. 巩固，使固定；联合
- vi. 巩固，加强
英英释意
- 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"