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密集而固结的,砾岩性的集成物,集块,砾岩(使)凝聚成团

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Conglomerate \Con*glom"er*ate\, a. [L. conglomeratus, p. p. of
   conglomerare to roll together; con- + glomerare to wind into
   a ball. See {Glomerate}.]
   1. Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together;
      concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.

            Beams of light when they are multiplied and
            conglomerate.                         --Bacon.

            Fluids are separated in the liver and the other
            conglobate and conglomerate glands.   --Cheyne.

   2. (Bot.) Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as,
      conglomerate flowers. --Gray.

   3. (Geol.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of
      rocks, cemented together.

Conglomerate \Con*glom"er*ate\, n.
   1. That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from
      various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection;
      accumulation.

            A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously
            heaped together.                      --Trench.

   2. (Geol.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone
      cemented together by another mineral substance, either
      calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; --
      opposed to agglomerate. See {Breccia}.

            A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound
            together by a cement.                 --Lyell.

Conglomerate \Con*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Conglomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglomerating}.]
   To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.

资料来源 : WordNet®

conglomerate
     adj : composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass;
           "the conglomerate peoples of New England"
     n 1: a composite rock made up of particles of varying size [syn:
          {pudding stone}]
     2: a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run
        as a single organization [syn: {empire}]
     v : collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office";
         "The work keeps piling up" [syn: {accumulate}, {cumulate},
          {pile up}, {gather}, {amass}]