把不同的事或人並在一起
合的對象換成行動和人：一段時間裡同時做兩件事，或是幾群人湊成一股力量——畫面還是「合起來當一個」。
combine, do two things · verb · B2
to do two different things in the same period of your life or day.
兼顧；同時做
核心畫面
One way to picture combine: two separate things are brought together and from then on they work as one — not sitting side by side, but functioning as a single thing. That is why a machine that does three farm jobs in one pass, and a group of firms acting as one business, both get the name.
可以想成 combine 是「兩樣原本分開的東西被湊在一起，從此當成一個在運作」——不是並排放著，而是合起來變成一個…更多收起
可以想成 combine 是「兩樣原本分開的東西被湊在一起，從此當成一個在運作」——不是並排放著，而是合起來變成一個。也因為這樣，一台一趟就做完三道農事的機器，和一群當成一家在運作的公司，都用這個字來稱呼。From the picture
名詞：合起來的機器與組織
同一個字當名詞用，指的都是「把好幾樣併成一個」的成果：一台機器把數道工序併在一起，一群公司把彼此併成一個大單位。
combine, harvester · noun · B2
a big farm machine that cuts grain, takes the seeds out, and cleans them, all at the same time.
聯合收割機
Also in this word
combine, put together · verb · B1
to put two or more different things together so that they work as one thing.
結合；合在一起
combine, mix substances · verb · B2
if two substances combine, or you combine them, they mix and become one new substance.
混合；化合
combine, have both qualities · verb · B2
if something combines two qualities, it has both of them at the same time.
兼具；同時具有
原始詞典資料12 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。
Combinename/ˈkɒm.baɪn/
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London Underground
combineverb/kəmˈbaɪn/
- 1
To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
- Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl.
- I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip.
- 2
To have two or more things or properties that function together.
- Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.
- 3
To come together; to unite.
- two substances that easily combine
- You with your foes combine, / And seem your own destruction to design.
- 4
card-gamesgamesIn the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
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obsoleteTo bind; to hold by a moral tie.
- I am combined by a sacred vow.
combinenoun/ˈkɑm.baɪn/
- 1
A combination.
- The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
- [In the decades before the First World War] In the USA and Germany in particular, huge manufacturing combines were being created and were developing a very powerful economic and increasingly political presence at home and on international markets.
- 2
A combination.
- His grandmother worked in the stamping plant of the sheet and tin combine.
- 3
artartsA combination.
- 4
American-footballball-gamesfootballA test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team.
- If you purchased this book chances are that you are planning on participating in a football combine or pro-day test.
- In 2008, a study was published that examined the ability of the NFL combine to predict football playing performance in the NFL (Kuzmits and Adams, 2008).
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。