单词 | fusion |
释义 | fusionfu‧sion /ˈfjuːʒən/ noun [countable, uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINfusion ExamplesOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin fusio, from fundere ‘to pour, melt’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora mixture of different people, qualities, ideas etc► mixture Collocations · The house behind us was a strange architectural mixture.mixture of · He looked at her with a mixture of admiration and curiosity.· A long French liner slipped majestically by with a mixture of European and Asian faces staring curiously from the decks. ► combination a mixture of different ideas, problems etc happening together, or different people working together, which has a particular effect: combination of: · Our problems were due to a combination of bad management and lack of experience.· Their music is an odd combination of jazz and opera.a good/bad/successful/disastrous etc combination: · They were a perfect combination - Anton as chef and Guy as restaurant manager.a winning combination (=a very successful combination): · If all the team are playing well, then don't change a winning combination. ► mix a mixture of different qualities or of different types of people: mix of: · The market square is a fascinating mix of ancient and modern.· She went to New York, where she began to meet a different mix of people -- artists, designers, and art collectors. ► blend a mixture of different qualities or characteristics that combine successfully: blend of: · The England team is a good side, with a nice blend of experience and youthful energy.· Sometimes he seems to be an extraordinary blend of artist, poet and businessman. ► a cross between something and something something that is a cross between one thing and another is a mixture of the two different things: · The expression on Paul's face was a cross between amusement and disbelief.· It's difficult to describe my job. I suppose I'm a cross between a secretary and a translator.· The use of chemical fertilizers has turned the farmer into a cross between an industrial chemist and a mechanic. ► fusion something such as a style of art or writing that is produced by combining different ideas, styles, qualities etc: fusion of: · The film is a fusion of history and contemporary events.· His philosophy is a fusion of intellect and spiritual belief. ► hybrid something that is a mixture of two or more things, especially a plant that is produced from different types of plants: hybrid of: · a foodcrop that is a hybrid of wheat and rye· The new constitution was a hybrid of presidential and parliamentary systems.a hybrid system/approach/method etc: · a hybrid approach combining the merits of both methods WORD SETS► Physicsaether, nounamplitude, nounantimatter, nounantiparticle, nounastrophysics, nounatom, nounatomic, adjectiveattract, verbattraction, nounballistics, nounbeam, nounblack hole, nounbuoyancy, nouncalorie, nouncalorific, adjectivecapillary action, nouncathode ray tube, nouncentre of gravity, nouncentrifugal force, nouncentrifuge, nouncentripetal force, nounchain reaction, nouncondensation, nounconduct, verbconduction, nounconductive, adjectiveconductor, nounconvect, verbconvection, nouncore, nouncritical mass, noundemagnetize, verbdense, adjectivedensity, noundisplacement, noundynamic, adjectiveelectron, nounelementary particle, nounfallout, nounfissile, adjectivefission, nounfocus, verbfrequency, nounfriction, nounfusion, noungamma ray, noungravitation, noungravitational, adjectivegravity, nounhalf-life, nounhertz, nounhydraulic, adjectiveHz, imaging, nounimpetus, nouninertia, nouninvariable, adjectiveion, nounionize, verbkinetic, adjectivelaser, nounlift, nounliquefaction, nounliquefy, verblodestone, nounmagnet, nounmagnetic, adjectivemagnetic field, nounmagnetism, nounmagnetize, verbmass, nounmechanical, adjectivemedium, nounmeltdown, nounmomentum, nounmotive, adjectivemushroom cloud, nounnatural philosophy, nounneutron, nounNewtonian, adjectivenuclear, adjectivenuclear fission, nounnuclear fusion, nounnuclear physics, nounnuclear reactor, nounnucleus, nounoptical fibre, nounparticle accelerator, nounparticle physics, nounphonic, adjectivephosphorescence, nounphosphorescent, adjectivephoto-, prefixphoton, nounphotosensitive, adjectivephotosensitize, verbphysical, adjectivephysicist, nounphysics, nounpivot, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpotential energy, nounpower, nounpressure, nounpropulsion, nounproton, nounpull, nounquantum mechanics, nounquantum theory, nounquark, nounradiate, verbradiation, nounradio wave, nounray, nounreaction, nounreactor, nounreflect, verbreflector, nounrefract, verbrelativity, nounrepel, verbrepulsion, nounrepulsive, adjectiveresilience, nounresilient, adjectiveresistance, nounresonance, nounretention, nounsolid-state, adjectivesonic, adjectivesonic boom, nounsound wave, nounspace, nounspecific gravity, nounspectral, adjectivespectroscope, nounspectrum, nounstatics, nounsteady state theory, nounstrain, nounstress, nounsurface tension, nountension, nounthermodynamics, nounthrust, nountraction, nountrajectory, nountransmit, verbultrasonic, adjectiveultrasound, nounvacuum, nounvaporize, verbvapour, nounvector, nounwave, nounwavelength, nounwork, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► cold 1a combination of separate qualities or ideas: Her work is a fusion of several different styles. the best fusion cuisine in the whole of Vancouver2a physical combination of separate things → fission: the energy that comes from the fusion of hydrogen atoms → nuclear fusion3a type of music which mixes jazz with other types of music, especially rock → fuse2· The cold fusion controversy provides a vivid illustration.· Fleischmann and Pons thought that they could achieve cold fusion by another route.· That is what happened when the news of cold fusion erupted. ► controlled· Work on controlled thermonuclear fusion proceeded secretly in both nations and in Britain.· The first controlled fusion reactions had been seen and their nature was now being clarified.· However, the controlled fusion reaction has not yet been achieved experimentally.· If controlled practical fusion is ever achieved, the investment will pay off. ► nuclear· If the scientists succeed, they will have taken a small step toward improving the efficiency of nuclear fusion devices.· To an unformed child, Edna Madalyn McGurk Ting was like nuclear fusion.· The two chemists have no nuclear evidence for fusion at all.· Jupiter is about fifty times too small to maintain the nuclear fires of fusion in its core.· But then, so would be nuclear fusion in the state I was in.· Nuclear Fusion Nuclear fusion - the process which powers the sun - is the Holy Grail of energy production.· The company blames cuts in Government funding for its work into nuclear fusion for the job losses.· There could be a sudden breakthrough in nuclear fusion or the cost equation of photo-electric energy. ► thermonuclear· Work on controlled thermonuclear fusion proceeded secretly in both nations and in Britain.· Eventually the internal pressure and temperature rise sufficiently for thermonuclear fusion to begin.· Cockroft dearly believed that the source of the neutrons was thermonuclear fusion.· That turned out to be a mistake, Zeta's neutrons were not from thermonuclear fusion. NOUN► bomb· Edward Teller, in particular, believed the fusion bomb to be theoretically possible.· Indeed, fusion bombs and warheads must be periodically disassembled and recharged with fresh tritium. ► cell· So you can effect cell fusion without activating the oocytes if you do this in a calcium-free medium.· For one thing, he chose to carry out the essential cell fusion with Sendai virus-but Sendai virus is wretched.· Perhaps the Sendai virus used for cell fusion was damaging. ► protein· Schematic representations of the fusion proteins and reporter gene that were used.· The reciprocal combinations used provide an internal functional control for expression of the fusion proteins.· These fusion proteins could be used similarly to screen expression libraries.· Production and maintenance of Rat-1 fibroblasts stably expressing the c-Myc-ER fusion protein and the defective c-Myc mutant protein 106-143c-Myc-ER have been described. ► reaction· The spark was supposed to ignite the fusion reaction or miniature thermonuclear explosion.· In fusion reactions, light atoms are brought together sufficiently energetically to overcome their natural repulsion.· The first controlled fusion reactions had been seen and their nature was now being clarified.· However, the controlled fusion reaction has not yet been achieved experimentally.· Both particles created in a single fusion reaction carry energy that can be turned into heat and, ultimately, into electricity.· The fusion reaction has in fact technically been achieved at the Princeton Tokomak fusion test reactor which operated successfully for 50 milliseconds.· Nuclear fusion reactions between deuterium ions produced between 10 5 and 10 6 neutrons per pulse.· The fusion reactions that power the sun must produce vast numbers of neutrinos. ► reactor· They will also have developed a new technique for controlling reactions within a fusion reactor.· The use of light isotopes in a fusion reactor has been under experimental study since the 1950s.· The reactor is widely regarded as the last step before design of commercial fusion reactors.· They include a laboratory for handling tritium, the heavy radioactive isotope of hydrogen which is a fuel for fusion reactors.· There are a number of possible choices for the fuel to be used in a fusion reactor.· Now that there is every reason to believe that we can build a fusion reactor there is growing attention to technology.· The first is the need to demonstrate operation well above the break-even point in a fusion reactor. ► research· But that is just what happened to fusion research in the United States toward the end of the 1950's.· Long billed as a potentially boundless source of relatively clean energy, fusion research costs hundreds of millions of dollars a year.· Before then all fusion research had been conducted behind a screen of secrecy.· In a sense, the modern era of fusion research dates from that measurement in 1969.· Polarised hydrogen, on the other hand. which may be easier to make than polarised xenon, could help fusion research.· Governor Norman Bangerter immediately convened an emergency session of the State Legislature to appropriate five million dollars for fusion research.· As fusion research today is all about containing the fuel, any benefit here would be more than welcome.· The first published indications of fusion research appeared in 1956. VERB► occur· They then began to take measurements to see if any heat was being generated, suggestive of fusion occurring.· Such was the case with the idea that hydrogen fusion might occur at moderate temperatures within solid materials. |
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