单词	fuse
释义	fuse1 nounfuse2 verb fusefuse1 /fjuːz/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINfuse1 Origin: 1 1800-1900 ➔ FUSE22,3 1600-1700 Italian fuso ‘spindle (= long thin part which turns around)’, from Latin fusus Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Be sure all safety measures have been taken before lighting the fuse. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But fuses had disadvantages, as well. Hot water is even more scarce and depends on the weather, or whether or not a fuse has blown. I've even known him switch on a light without blowing all the fuses. If there are no electric cables, you can replace the fuses without worry. Ken ran to Maurine and Hayes's house, and Hayes rushed into our basement and replaced a blown fuse. The process continues, like the flame of a firecracker fuse. Then, you would crimp the blasting cap on to the time fuse. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatoreasily annoyed► irritable easily annoyed by unimportant things, especially because you already feel bad-tempered about something: · Since Steve quit smoking, he's been really irritable.· Zoe hadn't had much sleep and was feeling tired and irritable.· You're turning into an irritable old man. ► touchy someone who is touchy is easily offended and made angry by things, so you have to be careful what you say to them: · Saiid's a little touchy about how you pronounce her name.touchy about: · Try not to look at his scars - he can be really touchy about it. ► crotchety an old person who is crotchety becomes angry about unimportant things and complains a lot: · a crotchety old man· When we were in Germany, we rented a room from a crotchety old woman named Brunhilde. ► short-tempered/quick-tempered someone who is short-tempered gets angry quickly and easily: · Jackie can be very short-tempered when she's hungry.· Her father is a quick-tempered man. ► have a short fuse informal to often get angry quickly and easily: · They say the judge has a very short fuse. WORD SETS► Bombs & Terrorism car bomb, noundefuse, verbdevice, noundisarm, verbexplosion, nounexplosive, nounfuse, nounguerrilla, noungunman, noungunpowder, noungun-running, nounletter bomb, nounmine, nounmine, verbminefield, nounMolotov cocktail, nounparamilitary, adjectivepetrol bomb, nounSemtex, nounterror, nounterrorism, nounterrorist, nountime bomb, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► change ... fuse  I taught him how to change a fuse. ► blow a fuse (=make it melt by putting too much electricity through it) COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► short · You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your child or teenager for the umpteenth time.· Girls today sure have short fuses.· Boro fans have such short fuses because they are genuinely worried, despite Venables' much-hyped arrival.· She was standing there crammed full of enthusiasm and energy like a bomb on a short fuse.· Every nerve smouldered on a short fuse.· Wright has a short fuse, and without the goals going in his situation is worsening.· I can tell you, he's got a very short fuse.· We've got some short fuses, haven't we? ► slow · She'd assumed that Jan was the high-powered one and Tim the slow fuse but she was wrong.· Batut, whose work predates radio remote control, triggered his shutter by the use of slow burning fuse.· Anger on a slow fuse began to build.· Some one at Templecombe knew where to get gunpowder, oil and a slow fuse.· Benjamin followed, studying the coiled slow fuses, jars of oil and small barrels of gunpowder piled there. NOUN► box · The fire started in the fuse box of a house divided into bedsits in Hartington Road.· Deleage sued Saab after a June 1992 fire that he claimed originated in a faulty fuse box.· He conceded, however, that the company tightened a nut in the fuse box on Saab models after 1992. VERB► blow · Damian Flint does everything he possibly can to make me blow twenty-five fuses at once!· Ken ran to Maurine and Hayes's house, and Hayes rushed into our basement and replaced a blown fuse.· I've even known him switch on a light without blowing all the fuses. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a short fuse And you don't fool with those because things are on a shorter fuse in Beirut. Every nerve smouldered on a short fuse. She was standing there crammed full of enthusiasm and energy like a bomb on a short fuse. Tom's a chap with a temper on a short fuse anyway. Wright has a short fuse, and without the goals going in his situation is worsening. You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your child or teenager for the umpteenth time. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► have a short temper/fuse Girls today sure have short fuses. Mrs Popple had long been known to have a short temper. 1a short thin piece of wire inside electrical equipment which prevents damage by melting and stopping the electricity when there is too much power:  two 13 amp fuses I taught him how to change a fuse.blow a fuse (=make it melt by putting too much electricity through it)2 (also fuze American English) a thing that delays a bomb, firework etc from exploding until you are a safe distance away, or makes it explode at a particular time3a short fuse if someone has a short fuse, they get angry very easily → blow a fuse at blow1(16) fuse1 nounfuse2 verb fusefuse2 verb [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINfuse2 Origin: 1500-1600 Latin fusus, past participle of fundere ‘to pour, melt’ Verb Table VERB TABLE fuse Simple Form Present I, you, we, they fuse he, she, it fuses Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they fused Present perfect I, you, we, they have fused he, she, it has fused Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had fused Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will fuse Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have fused Continuous Form Present I am fusing he, she, it is fusing you, we, they are fusing Past I, he, she, it was fusing you, we, they were fusing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been fusing he, she, it has been fusing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been fusing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be fusing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been fusing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Getz was one of the first musicians to fuse jazz and Latin rhythms. King sought to fuse the civil rights movement with anti-war activists. Lead fuses at a fairly low temperature. The radio's wires had been fused by the heat. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A quite different way of creating a chimaera is to fuse two early mouse embryos. Connection is made in the mutual overlap where each is stretching equally, reciprocally transformed, in order to fuse desire. It's as if the lights have fused. Jody stands as if her spine were fused, as if she were for ever balancing a large porcelain vase on her head. So for a short while the two movements, Co-operation and trade unionism, had fused. So if all the deuterium fused it could generate substantial heat in the Earth. The grains then soften at their points of con-tact and fuse together, a process called sintering. The way of the glaciers allowed him to fuse traditional creationism with the insights of modern science. Thesaurus THESAURUSto mix styles, ideas, or other things► mix to put different styles, ideas, or other things together: · His music mixes jazz and classical styles.· The different categories of books were all mixed together. ► combine to mix different styles, ideas, or other things, so that they work together or become a single thing: · Diets are most effective when they are combined with exercise.· He combines Greek philosophy with Christian teachings. ► blend to combine parts of different things together, especially in a successful and effective way: · The teaching course blends theory and practice in the classroom. ► fuse to combine different styles in order to form a new style: · The band fuses African rhythms with traditional Celtic music. ► jumble to mix things together in an untidy way, so that they are not in any order: · The jigsaw pieces were all jumbled together in the box. WORD SETS► Chemistry acetate, nounacid, nounacidic, adjectiveacidify, verbactive, adjectiveadditive, nounagent, nounalchemy, nounalcohol, nounalkali, nounalkaline, adjectiveamalgam, nounantioxidant, noun-ate, suffixatomic number, nounbase, nounbauxite, nounbeaker, nounbenzene, nounbiochemistry, nounbitumen, nounbleach, nounbond, nounbonding, nouncalcify, verbcarbohydrate, nouncarbonate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarbonize, verbcatalyst, nouncaustic, adjectivechain reaction, nounchemical, nounchemical, adjectivechemical reaction, nounchemist, nounchemistry, nounchlorinate, verbcitric acid, nouncombustion, nounconcentration, nouncondense, verbcontaminant, nouncontaminate, verbcontaminated, adjectivecorrode, verbcorrosion, nouncorrosive, adjectivecrucible, nouncrystal, nouncrystallize, verbcyanide, nounDDT, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdegrade, verbderive, verbdetoxification, noundextrose, noundioxin, noundispersion, noundissolve, verbdistill, verbeffervesce, verbeffervescent, adjectiveelectrolysis, nounelectrolyte, nounelectroplate, verbemulsify, verbemulsion, nounenzyme, nounexpand, verbfatty acid, nounferment, verbferment, nounflashback, nounflask, nounformaldehyde, nounformula, nounfructose, nounfungicide, nounfuse, verbgas, noungaseous, adjectiveglucose, noungranular, adjectivegraphite, nounhallucinogen, nounhelium, nounherbicide, nounhydrate, nouninert, adjectiveinsoluble, adjectiveinsulin, nounion, nounionize, verblactic acid, nounlimescale, nounlitmus, nounlitmus paper, nounlitmus test, nounmethane, nounmixture, nounmolecule, nounneon, nounnerve gas, nounneutralize, verbneutron, nounnitric acid, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounorganic chemistry, nounosmosis, nounoxidize, verboxyacetylene, nounoxygenate, verbozone, nounpart, nounpectin, nounpesticide, nounpestle, nounpetrochemical, nounpH, nounphotosynthesis, nounplasma, nounpolyunsaturated, adjectivepotash, nounprecipitate, verbprecipitate, nounprecipitation, nounproduct, nounprussic acid, nounquicklime, nounradioactive, adjectiveradioactivity, nounradiology, nounreact, verbreaction, nounreactive, adjectivereagent, nounresidue, nounretort, nounriboflavin, nounsalt, nounsaltpetre, nounsaturate, verbsaturated, adjectivesaturation, nounsaturation point, nounsemiconductor, nounsoft, adjectivesolid, nounsolution, nounsolvent, nounstability, nounstabilizer, nounstable, adjectivestarch, nounsteam, nounsucrose, nounsulphate, nounsulphide, nounsulphur, nounsulphur dioxide, nounsulphuric acid, nounsulphurous, adjectivesurface tension, nounsuspension, nounsynthesize, verbsynthetic, adjectivetannin, nountartaric acid, nounTNT, noununstable, adjectivevalence, nounvitamin, nounvolatile, adjectivevulcanize, verbwater softener, nounwater-soluble, adjectivewater vapour, nounwetting agent, noun Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► have a short temper/fuse Girls today sure have short fuses. Mrs Popple had long been known to have a short temper. 1to join together physically, or to make things join together, and become a single thingfuse (something) together The egg and sperm fuse together as one cell.2to combine different qualities, ideas, or things, or to be combined SYN  merge:  Their music fuses elements as diverse as Cajun, bebop and Cuban waltzes.fuse (something) with something Leonard takes Carver-style dirty realism and fuses it with the pace of a detective story.fuse (something) into something We intend to fuse the companies into a single organization.► see thesaurus at mix3British English if electrical equipment fuses, or if you fuse it, it stops working because a fuse has melted:  The lights have fused again.4technical if a rock or metal fuses, or if you fuse it, it becomes liquid by being heated:  Lead fuses at quite a low temperature. → fusion
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