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melt AHD[mĕlt] D.J.[melt]K.K.[mɛlt]v.（动词）melt.ed, melt.ing, melts v.intr.（不及物动词）- To be changed from a solid to a liquid state by application of heat or pressure or both.熔化：用热、压力或两者的共同作用使固态转化为液态
- To dissolve:溶解：Sugar melts in water.糖在水中溶解
- To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving:逐渐消失：好像被溶解似的逐渐消失：The crowd melted away after the rally.集会结束之后，人群逐渐散去
- To pass or merge imperceptibly into something else:逐渐融合：不被察觉地延伸或融合为一体：Sea melted into sky along the horizon.在地平线处海天连成了一片
- To become softened in feeling:感动，软化：感情上变得温和：Our hearts melted at the child's tears.孩子的眼泪使我们的心变软了
- Obsolete To be overcome or crushed, as by grief, dismay, or fear.【废语】 崩溃：被（悲痛、沮丧或恐惧等）压倒或击溃
v.tr.（及物动词）- To change (a solid) to a liquid state by the application of heat or pressure or both.熔化：用热力或压力，或者两者的共同作用使固态变为液态
- To dissolve:溶解：The tide melted our sand castle away.潮水将我们用沙堆成的城堡冲散了
- To cause to disappear gradually; disperse.逐渐消散：使逐渐消失；驱散
- To cause (units) to blend:使混合在一起："Here individuals of all races are melted into a new race of men"(Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur)“在这里，各种族的成员融合在一起形成一个新的人类种族”(米歇尔·纪尧姆·让·德·克雷夫科尔)
- To soften (someone's feelings); make gentle or tender.使软化：使（某人的感情）软化；使变得温和或温柔
n.（名词）- A melted solid; a fused mass.熔融的物质；熔融的材料
- The state of being melted.熔融状态
- The act or operation of melting.融化过程：进行熔解的行动或过程
- The quantity melted at a single operation or in one period.融化量：单一操作中熔化的量，或在一定时期内熔化的量
- A usually open sandwich topped with melted cheese:三明治：顶部通常涂有融化的奶酪的三明治：a tuna melt.金枪鱼三明治
n.attributive.（定语名词）- Often used to modify another noun:常用于修饰另一名词：glacial melt water; the summer melt season.冰川融的水；酷热的夏季
- Middle English melten 中古英语 melten
- from Old English meltan * see mel- 1源自 古英语 meltan * 参见 mel- 1
melt'abilʹity n.（名词）meltʹable adj.（形容词）meltʹer n.（名词）meltʹingly adv.（副词）meltʹy adj.（形容词）melt, fuse, liquefy, thaw, deliquesce- These verbs mean to change or cause to change into a liquid.这些动词的意思均为“（使）变成液态”。
- Melt implies liquefaction caused principally by heat: Melt 主要指通过热力引起的液化： The candle softened and melted in the sun.蜡烛在太阳光下变软而熔解。I melted the butter in a saucepan. Figuratively the term suggests gradual dispersion, dissipation, and disappearance: 我在长柄锅内熔解黄油。 这个词的比喻用法可以表示逐渐消散、消耗及消失： "They melt like mist, the solid lands" (Tennyson). “陆地就象雾气一般消失” （但尼生）。 "The usual reserve of their manner . . . has . . . melted away" (Thomas De Quincey).“他们通常的沉默态度消失了” （托马斯·德·昆西）。
- Melt can also mean to become softened in feeling, as through pity, sympathy, or love: Melt 也可表示因怜悯、同情或爱等而变软，变温和： His heart melted at the sight of the injured child.当他看见那受伤的孩子时，他的心变软了。
- Fuse primarily suggests the union of different constituents, such as two minerals, by or as if by heating: Fuse 主要表示通过热作用将不同成分融合，例如两种矿物质的融合。 "It is the most formidable kind of faith—the kind that is emotionally fused with national pride" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).“这是一种最难以动摇的信念——一种感情上融入了民族骄傲的信念” （康纳·克鲁斯·欧希赖恩）。
- Liquefy, unlike the other terms in this group,is restricted to physical processesbut is used of both gases and solids: Liquefy 一词不同于这组词中的其他那些词，它只能用于指物理过程，但既可用于气体，也可用固体： a process that is used to liquefy nitrogen.用来使氮液化的过程。
- Thaw applies to the partial or complete melting of something, such as ice, that is frozen;figuratively it suggests the softening or dissolution of something,as of formality or reserve, likened to a frozen substance: Thaw 用于指某物，例如固体冰，其部分或全部地融解；其比喻用法表示某物的变软或消失，例如被比作冰冻物质的严谨或节制： "The short, shy manner of their white-haired host thawed under the influence of Mrs. Elsmere's racy, unaffected ways" (Mrs. Humphry Ward).Todeliquesce is to become liquid, usually gradually, through absorption of moisture from the air: “在艾尔斯迈尔夫人自然大方的风格影响下，他们那位白发主人的局促害羞之感慢慢消失了” （亨福德·沃德夫人）。Deliquesce 表示通过吸收空气中水汽而逐渐变成液体： "Pure chloride of sodium is not liable to deliquesce" (David Page).“纯净的氯化钠是不易潮解的” （戴维·佩吉）
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