cohering

英[kəʊ'hɪə(r)] 美[koʊ'hɪr]
  • v.粘合;凝聚;前后一致;连贯
cohered cohered cohering coheres
  • coha abbr.CouncilonHemisphericAffairs拉丁美洲事务委员会(美国一民间组织;专注于拉美各国侵犯人权情况)
  • cohab n.未婚同居者
  • cohabit v.同居
  • cohabitaion 同居现象
  • cohabitant n.同居者
Verb:
  1. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation;

    "The dress clings to her body"
    "The label stuck to the box"
    "The sushi rice grains cohere"

  2. cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole;

    "Religion can cohere social groups"

  3. have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results;

    "the principles by which societies cohere"

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. When you squeeze a handful of snow,the flakes cohere to make a snowball.
      你把一团雪捏紧,雪就黏合成雪球。
    2. It can be difficult to get a group of people to cohere.
      要使一群人凝聚在一起可能很困难。
    3. This view does not cohere with their other beliefs.
      这个观点与他们的其他看法不一致。
    4. The adornments do not cohere with the basic design.
      装饰物与设计的基调不协调。
stick,glue,adhere,cling,cohere
  • 这些动词均有“粘着、附着”之意。
  • stick常指用胶水或浆糊粘贴,词义引申指坚持。
  • glue与stick的本义相同,指用胶水把东西粘合在一起,没有“坚持”的含义。
  • adhere正式用词,语气较严肃刻板,既可指物体粘在一起,也可指坚持信仰或忠于事业等。
  • cling着重靠缠绕、紧抱、紧抓等方式而形成密切关系。也可作引申用。
  • cohere指物质微粒粘合在一起,成为不可分离的整体,强调所形成新物体的不可分割性。可引申指逻辑上的前后一致。