con.ge.ries
n.(used with a sing. verb)（名词）（与单数动词连用）
A collection; an aggregation:
聚集；堆集：
例句：
.Our city, it should be explained, is two cities, or more—an urban mass or congeries divided by the river.(John Updike)
.我们的城市，应该解释成两个城市，或者再进一步说是被一条河隔开的城市块或城市群.(约翰·厄普代克)
来源：
Latin congeriôs
拉丁语 congeriôs
from congerere [to heap up] * see congest
源自 congerere [堆积] *参见 congest
