Youku.com, China's largest online video company, said on Monday that it has inked a merger deal with its long-time rival Tudou Holdings Ltd, in an unexpected move which the company claimed would usher in a new era of China's online video industry.
The two companies will merge through a 100 percent stock swap to forge a combined entity named Youku Tudou Inc.
视频大佬优酷和土豆的这次合并,对整个互联网界可以说是一个重磅炸弹。而 合并的英语表达就是merger 。merger这个词的意思是(企业等的)合并。另外,合并一词我们也可以用merge来表示,merge是合并、融合、兼并的意思。除了指企业的合并,merge还能指合流,合路等。用法要比merger一词更多。online video company就是在线视频网站的意思。ink作动词时有签署的意思。usher in a new era是指开创了一个新的时代。usher作名词有领位员的意思,作动词有引导、做招待的意思。
amalgamate英 [əˈmælgəmeɪt] 美 [əˈmælɡəˌmet] vt.& vi.混合,合并,融合,联合;[冶]使(金属)与水银混合,使(金属)汞齐化例句:We were asked to amalgamate with another local group. 我们被要求与另一当地社团合并。