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When a liquid coagulates, it grows thick and almost solid. Blood does this when you cut yourself: it coagulates so the cut can close. Milk can coagulate into ; egg can coagulate in a pan. You can also say that something coagulates a liquid — heat coagulates egg, for example. The word is a little formal. Doctors and science teachers use it; in everyday talk people often say clot for blood and curdle or set for food. It is not the same as freezing: the liquid is not turning to ice, and it does not have to be cold. The bits in the liquid are pulling together and holding on.
凝固；凝結
組成從拉丁文來。co-（一起）+ agō（做／驅使）合成 cōgō，「聚在一起」。再來是 coāgulum，讓液體變稠的東西（像讓奶結塊的酵素），然後 coāgulō，「使結塊」。英語經中古英語進來，一開始多半說血凝住。
同家族的字
- coagulationthe noun: the thickening itself
- anticoagulantanti- plus this root: medicine that stops blood thickening too much
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
coagulateverb詞源 1/kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.leɪt/
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To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
- In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese.
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To cause to congeal.
- Rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.
coagulateadj詞源 2
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obsoleteCoagulated.
- roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,
coagulatenoun詞源 3/kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.lət/
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A mass formed by means of coagulation.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。