combination
英[kɒmbɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,kɑmbɪ'neʃən]
- n. 结合；组合；联合；[化学] 化合
英英释意
- 1. a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
- 2. a coordinated sequence of chess moves
- 3. a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock;
- "he forgot the combination to the safe"
- 4. a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose;
- "they were a winning combination"
- 5. an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)
- 6. the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
- 7. the act of combining things to form a new whole