mix: implies a homogeneous product, but may or may not imply loss of each element's identity: ~ the salad greens. (homogeneous表示由相同种类组成的，在相似similar-identical组)


mingle: usually suggests that the elements are still somewhat distinguishable or separately active: fear ~d with anticipation in my mind.


commingle: implies a closer or more thorough unity and harmoniousness: a sense of duty ~d with a fierce pride.


blend: implies that the elements as such disappear in the resulting mixture: ~ed several teas to create a balanced brew.


merge: suggests a combining in which one or more elements are lost in the whole: in her mind reality and fantasy ~d.


coalesce: implies an affinity in the merging elements and usually a resulting organic unity: telling details that ~ into a striking portrait.


amalgamate: suggests the forming of a close union rather than a loss of individual identities: immigrants that were readily ~d into the population.


fuse: stresses oneness and indissolubility of the resulting product: a building in which modernism and classicism are ~d.


mix混合: 产物均匀相同，个体消失或保留，mingle混合: 各元素仍独立可辨，commingle混合: 更紧密充分、和谐一体，blend混合: 各个体消失，merge融合: 一或多个个体消失，coalesce融合: 成分接近，形成有机整体，amalgamate融合: 表示紧密结合而非失去个体，fuse融合: 强调一体、不可分


记忆方法: 1) 首字母重组成ABC MMM CF，American Born Chinese美国出生的华裔，MMM三个男人，Fei Chang非常，想成三个人非常团结<==混合融合

               2) 混合的意思是将多个事物合在一起mean to combine or to be combined into a more or less uniform whole.首字母重组成ABC MMM CF，American Born Chinese美国出生的华裔，MMM三个男人，Fei Chang非常，想成三个人非常团结<==混合融合