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单词 melt
释义

melt

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verb

ˈmelt How to pronounce melt (audio)
melted; melting; melts

intransitive verb

1
: to become altered from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat
2
a
: dissolve, disintegrate
the sugar melted in the coffee
b
: to disappear as if by dissolving
her anger melted at his kind words
3
obsolete : to become subdued or crushed (as by sorrow)
4
: to become mild, tender, or gentle
5
: to lose outline or distinctness : blend

transitive verb

1
: to reduce from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat
2
: to cause to disappear or disperse
3
: to make tender or gentle : soften
meltability
ˌmel-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce melt (audio)
noun
meltable
ˈmel-tə-bəl How to pronounce melt (audio)
adjective
melter noun

melt

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noun (1)

1
a
: material in the molten state
b
: the mass melted at a single operation or the quantity melted during a specified period
2
a
: the action or process of melting or the period during which it occurs
the spring melt
b
: the condition of being melted
3
: a sandwich with melted cheese
a tuna melt

melt

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noun (2)

: spleen
especially : spleen of slaughtered animals for use as feed or food

Synonyms

Verb

  • dematerialize
  • disappear
  • dissolve
  • evanesce
  • evaporate
  • fade
  • flee
  • fly
  • sink
  • vanish
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Example Sentences

Verb The butter melted in the frying pan. The snow is finally melting. She melted butter in the frying pan. a tablespoon of melted butter Their determination melted in the face of opposition. She melted at his kindly words. Her heart melted with compassion. See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Old English meltan; akin to Old Norse melta to digest, Greek meldein to melt — more at mollify

Noun (2)

Middle English milte, from Old English; akin to Old High German miltzi spleen

First Known Use

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun (1)

1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun (2)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

melt

verb

ˈmelt How to pronounce melt (audio)
melted; melting
1
: to change from a solid to a liquid usually through the action of heat
Snow melts.
I'm melting butter.
2
: to grow less : disappear
Clouds melted away.
3
: to make or become gentle : soften
The kittens melted her heart.
4
: to lose clear outline
"Yes, I know," said the Fox, melting into the bushes. Robert Lawson, Rabbit Hill

melt

verb

1
as in to disappear
to cease to be visible the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • disappear
  • vanish
  • fade
  • evaporate
  • dissolve
  • dissipate
  • fly
  • flee
  • sink
  • evanesce
  • dematerialize
  • drop out of sight
  • dry up
  • disperse
  • blur
  • clear
  • dim
  • die (away or down or out)
  • blank (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • appear
  • materialize
  • emerge
  • arrive
  • break out
  • issue
  • loom
  • show up
  • come out
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2
as in to thaw
to go from a solid to a liquid state a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • thaw
  • liquefy
  • soften
  • dissolve
  • flux
  • liquify
  • fuse
  • deliquesce
  • run
  • found
  • try
  • smelt
  • render
  • gutter
  • thin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • harden
  • solidify
  • set
  • coagulate
  • congeal
  • thicken
  • gel
  • jell
  • clot
  • jelly
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