| 单词 | fusion |
| 释义 | fusion (once / 2041 pages) 1n 2n Fusion is the process of combining two or more things together into one. If your favorite genres are Westerns and reality dating shows, maybe when you become a TV executive, you'll create a fusion of the two, where competing dates have shoot-outs in saloons. The noun fusion comes from the Latin word fundere, meaning melt, so fusion is the act of melting things together. In science, fusion is the process of merging atoms together to create energy. Fusion is also used as an adjective. Fusion cuisine is the combination of at least two different ways of cooking. Fusion music is usually the combination of jazz and rock. WORD FAMILYfusion: fusions+/fuse: fused, fuses, fusible, fusing, fusion USAGE EXAMPLESThis education seemed to be conducted via a vein that formed between the naive and worldly slime molds after two or three hours of fusion. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Few other drummers were as integral to the development of fusion as Mr. Mouzon, who combined volcanic intensity with a brisk attunement to dynamic flow. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Macdonald, who scientifically designed National Golf Links as a fusion of his favorite features from grand old British golf holes. Golf Digest(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n the act of fusing (or melting) together Hyper combination, combining, compounding the act of combining things to form a new whole 2n an occurrence that involves the production of a union Syn|Hyper merger, unification union the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts 3n the state of being combined into one body Syn|Hypo|Hyper coalition alliance, confederation the state of being allied or confederated federalisation, federalizationthe state of being under federal control unification, union the state of being joined or united or linked 4n the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words Hypo|Hyper syncretism the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections) linguistic process a process involved in human language 5n the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept Syn|Hyper optical fusion beholding, seeing, visual perception perception by means of the eyes 6n correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization 2Syn|Hyper spinal fusion correction treatment of a specific defect n a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy Syn|Hypo|Hyper nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction cold fusion nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures; claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken thermonuclear reactiona nuclear fusion reaction taking place at very high temperatures (as in the sun) carbon cyclea thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars nuclear reaction (physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei |
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