英语词汇“to melt down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. To liquefy (metal or a metal object) by heat for use as a raw material; to render (fat, etc.); (humorously in extended use) to convert (property, etc.) into cash. Also figurative.

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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > heat > melt

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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 45 When sorrow (vsing my owne Siers might) Melts downe his lead into my boyling brest.

1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. E3^v Her wit's a sunne, that melts him downe like butter.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. iv. 151 Bullion.., meet to bee moulten downe and brought into her Majesties Mint.

1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. vi. 46 Clayey Soils..may by the strength of fire be converted into brick, or stone, or earthen metal, and so melted down and vitrified.

a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 92 Old Jerom's Volumnes next I made a Rape on, And melted down that Father for a Capon.

1709 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ (ed. 2) i. 74 Melt down my Will, and let it flow, And take the Mould Divine.

1721 G. Berkeley Ess. Preventing Ruine Great Brit. 13 A private Family in difficult Circumstances,..ought to melt down their Plate.

1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 146 The fat of our deer was melted down, and the oil filled six porcupine-skins.

1845 C. Dickens Chimes i. 5 But Time had mowed down their sponsors, and Henry the Eighth had melted down their mugs.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 226 How many bronzes have been melted down to make guns.

1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. vii. 52 It was pure, soft metal you could have melted right down into dollars.

1966 G. Greene Comedians i. v. 143 I am melting down some old family silver.

1984 J. A. Phillips Machine Dreams 3 They'd melt down the grease in a big black pot.

2. intransitive. Of the fuel of a nuclear reactor: to become liquid as a result of uncontrolled heating. Of a reactor: to undergo a catastrophic failure for this reason.

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1956 Science 24 Aug. 358/1 A small experimental operation of a fast-breeder type reactor ‘melted down’ in Arco, Idaho, last November.

1978 Sci. Amer. Nov. 40/2 If the materials for the walls of the reaction chamber were carefully selected..there would be no possibility that the fuel core would melt down.

1986 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 8 Aug. a23 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission believes that there is a 50 percent probability that an American nuclear plant will melt down in the next 20 years.

1992 Economist (Nexis) 8 Feb. 105/2 Because there are only a few grammes of fuel in the reactor at any time, there is no danger that a fusion reactor can melt down.

单词	to melt down
释义	> as lemmas to melt down to melt down 1. transitive. To liquefy (metal or a metal object) by heat for use as a raw material; to render (fat, etc.); (humorously in extended use) to convert (property, etc.) into cash. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > heat > melt yeteOE wella1250 melt1535 temper1535 to melt downa1586 conflate1664 lump1797 sweat1883 to melt up1888 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 45 When sorrow (vsing my owne Siers might) Melts downe his lead into my boyling brest. 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. E3^v Her wit's a sunne, that melts him downe like butter. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia ii. iv. 151 Bullion.., meet to bee moulten downe and brought into her Majesties Mint. 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. vi. 46 Clayey Soils..may by the strength of fire be converted into brick, or stone, or earthen metal, and so melted down and vitrified. a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 92 Old Jerom's Volumnes next I made a Rape on, And melted down that Father for a Capon. 1709 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ (ed. 2) i. 74 Melt down my Will, and let it flow, And take the Mould Divine. 1721 G. Berkeley Ess. Preventing Ruine Great Brit. 13 A private Family in difficult Circumstances,..ought to melt down their Plate. 1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 146 The fat of our deer was melted down, and the oil filled six porcupine-skins. 1845 C. Dickens Chimes i. 5 But Time had mowed down their sponsors, and Henry the Eighth had melted down their mugs. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 226 How many bronzes have been melted down to make guns. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. vii. 52 It was pure, soft metal you could have melted right down into dollars. 1966 G. Greene Comedians i. v. 143 I am melting down some old family silver. 1984 J. A. Phillips Machine Dreams 3 They'd melt down the grease in a big black pot. 2. intransitive. Of the fuel of a nuclear reactor: to become liquid as a result of uncontrolled heating. Of a reactor: to undergo a catastrophic failure for this reason. ΚΠ 1956 Science 24 Aug. 358/1 A small experimental operation of a fast-breeder type reactor ‘melted down’ in Arco, Idaho, last November. 1978 Sci. Amer. Nov. 40/2 If the materials for the walls of the reaction chamber were carefully selected..there would be no possibility that the fuel core would melt down. 1986 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 8 Aug. a23 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission believes that there is a 50 percent probability that an American nuclear plant will melt down in the next 20 years. 1992 Economist (Nexis) 8 Feb. 105/2 Because there are only a few grammes of fuel in the reactor at any time, there is no danger that a fusion reactor can melt down. extracted from meltv.¹ to melt down †to melt down: to subdue (a person, etc.). to melt to (also †in, into) tears: to cause to weep.extracted from meltv.¹ < as lemmas
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