Melt

[melt] or [mɛlt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; 'Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene'.

(verb.) reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; 'melt butter'; 'melt down gold'; 'The wax melted in the sun'.

(verb.) become less intense and fade away gradually; 'her resistance melted under his charm'; 'her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance'.

阿弗丽达整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) See 2d Milt.

(v.) To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow.

(v.) Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.

(v. i.) To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.

(v. i.) To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.

(v. i.) Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.

(v. i.) To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.

(v. i.) To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.

埃塞尔手打

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Liquefy (by heat), fuse.[2]. Soften, make gentle, make susceptible.

v. n. [1]. Dissolve, become liquid.[2]. Be softened, be made gentle.

道格拉斯校對

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Dissolve, liquify, colliquate, run, flow, fuse

ANT:Consolidate, crystallize, indurate

哈蒂編輯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to make liquid to dissolve: to soften: to waste away.—v.i. to become liquid: to dissolve: to become tender or mild: to lose distinct form: to be discouraged:—pa.p. melted or molten.—n. Melt′ing the act of making liquid or of dissolving: the act of softening or rendering tender.—adv. Melt′ingly.—n. Melt′ing-pot a crucible.

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