fuse

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A fuse is a safety device in an electric plug or circuit. It contains a piece of wire which melts when there is a fault so that the flow of electricity stops. 保險絲
The fuse blew as he pressed the button to start the motor. 保險絲在他按下按鈕發(fā)動車子時燒斷了。
2. N-COUNT A fuse is a device on a bomb or firework which delays the explosion so that people can move a safe distance away. 導(dǎo)火線
A bomb was deactivated at the last moment, after the fuse had been lit. 一枚炸彈在導(dǎo)火線已被點燃后的最后一刻被解除。
3. V-RECIP When things fuse or are fused, they join together physically or chemically, usually to become one thing. You can also say that one thing fuses with another. 結(jié)合; 融合; 熔合
The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. 顱骨在15和25歲之間長合。
Manufactured glass is made by fusing various types of sand. 人造玻璃是通過熔合不同種類的沙子制造出來的。