单词：amalgam 

名词

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  [1.n.amalgam] (同义词:[amalgam( n. [采矿]汞合金, 汞齐 )]  [dental_amalgam]  )
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  注释列句：an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
• 上位词 -> [alloy( n. 合金 vt. 使成合金, 减低成色 )]  [mixture( n. 混合, 混合物, 混合剂 )]  [substance( n. 物质, 实质, 主旨 )]  [matter( n. 事件, 问题, 物质, 内容, 实质, 原因, (印刷或书写的)文件, (文章或讲话等的)素材 vi. 有关系, 要紧 )]  [physical_entity]  [entity( n. 实体 )] 
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  [2.n.amalgam] (同义词:[amalgam( n. [采矿]汞合金, 汞齐 )]  )
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  注释列句：a combination or blend of diverse things; "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas"
• 上位词 -> [combination( n. 结合, 联合, 合并, 化合, 化合物 )]  [collection( n. 收藏, 征收, 搜集品, 捐款 )]  [group( n. 团体, 组, 团, 群, 批, [地]界, [化]基 v. 聚合, 成群 )]  [abstraction( n. 提取 )]  [entity( n. 实体 )] 
• 派生词 -> [amalgamate( v. 使与汞混合, 合并 )]