| 单词 | melt |
| 释义 | melt (melt ) Word forms: melts , melting , melted 1. verb B2 When a solid substance melts or when you melt it, it changes to a liquid, usually because it has been heated. The snow had melted, but the lake was still frozen solid. [VERB] Meanwhile, melt the white chocolate in a bowl suspended over simmering water. [VERB noun] Add the melted butter, molasses, salt, and flour. [VERB-ed] 2. verb If something such as your feelings melt, they suddenly disappear and you no longer feel them. [literary] His anxiety about the outcome melted, to return later but not yet. [VERB] He would have struggled but his strength had melted. [VERB] Melt away means the same as melt. When he heard these words, Shinran felt his inner doubts melt away. [VERB PARTICLE] Synonyms: disappear, fade, vanish, dissolve 3. verb If a person or thing melts into something such as darkness or a crowd of people, they become difficult to see, for example because they are moving away from you or are the same colour as the background. [literary] The youths dispersed and melted into the darkness. [VERB + into] The squadron's armour is draped in sand-coloured nets that melt into the landscape. [VERB into noun] Synonyms: vanish, fade (away), go away, evaporate 4. verb If someone or something melts your heart, or if your heart melts, you start to feel love or sympathy towards them. When his lips break into a smile, it is enough to melt any woman's heart. [VERB noun] When a bride walks down the aisle to a stirring tune, even the iciest of hearts melt. [VERB] Synonyms: soften, touch, relax, disarm 5. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] A melt is a piece of bread which has meat or fish on it, and melted cheese on top. [US] ...a tuna melt. Phrasal verbs: melt away 1. phrasal verb If a crowd of people melts away, members of the crowd gradually leave until there is no-one left. The crowd around the bench began to melt away. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. See also melt [sense 2] melt down phrasal verb If an object is melted down, it is heated until it melts, so that the material can be used to make something else. Some of the guns were melted down and used to help build a statue. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] When Jefferson didn't like a pair of goblets given to him as a gift, he asked a local smith to melt them down. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Some thieves do not even bother to melt down stolen silver for its scrap value. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Idioms: butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth said to mean that although someone looks completely innocent, they are capable of doing something bad He may look as though butter wouldn't melt in his mouth, but I wouldn't trust him. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: melt rapidly The huge accumulations of snow began to melt rapidly, made even worse by heavy rains. Times, Sunday Times Snowfalls are usually fairly light, and melt rapidly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Much of the water flows through the watershed in the spring as snow melts rapidly and enters the tributaries and the main trunk of the river. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this application, as the ambient temperature within the greenhouse increases, the wax melts, activating the plunger and opening the vents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When in the kiln, the wax melts off and the carbon, that results from oxygen reduction, replaces the wax. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the candle burns, the wax melts and the follower holds the melted wax in, whilst the stricture rests on the topmost solid portion of wax. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 融化, 融化 Japanese: 溶かす, 溶ける |
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