assimilate
英 [ə'sɪmɪleɪt]
美[ə'sɪməlet]
- vt. 吸收；使同化；把…比作；使相似
- vi. 吸收；同化
英英释意
- 1. take up mentally;
- "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
- 2. become similar to one's environment;
- "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
- 3. make similar;
- "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"
- 4. take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
- 5. become similar in sound;
- "The nasal assimialates to the following consonant"