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单词 dissolve
释义 dis·solve
I. \də̇ˈz]älv, ]ȯlv also ]ä(u̇)v or ]ȯv sometimes də̇ˈs]\ verb
Etymology: Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere, from dis- dis- (I) + solvere to loosen, release, dissolve — more at solve
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to cause to disperse or disappear : get rid of : do away with : destroy
  < a direct hit had dissolved one of the destroyers — R.L.Schwartz >
  < poetry dissolves traditional preconception — Harold Rosenberg >
  < help to dissolve some of the rancor — Edward Shils >
 b. obsolete : to cause the death of : kill
 c. : undo, end
  < dissolved their alliance >
  : break the continuity of : disconnect, disunite
  < dissolve a marriage >
  < dissolve a bond >
 d. : to separate into component parts : disintegrate, decompose
  < the American Tobacco Company was dissolved into smaller units — American Guide Series: North Carolina >
  < this would dissolve a vocabulary into an infinite number of nonce words — Weston La Barre >
 e. : to bring to an end by dispersal or by causing the dissociation of : terminate
  < the king's former power to dissolve parliament >
  < he had dissolved army courts — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) >
  < dissolve a partnership >
 f. : to destroy the influence or effect of by counteracting : annul, abrogate
  < dissolve an injunction >
2.
 a. : to cause to pass into solution
  < the difference in content of dissolved gases in cold and warm waters — R.E.Coker >
 b. : melt, liquefy
  < the heat dissolved the candles into opaque pools of wax >
 c. : to cause to be emotionally moved : melt emotionally
  < the news dissolved her so completely she ran from the room weeping >
 also : to unstring emotionally and totally — used especially in the phrase dissolved in tears
 d. : to totally occupy : immerse
  < his life was dissolved in a round of frivolities >
 e. : to fade out (a shot in a motion-picture or television sequence) in a dissolve
3. archaic : to set free : release, detach
4. : to clear up : solve
 < dissolve the mystery >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to waste away or become dissipated : become broken up or decomposed : vanish, disappear
  < the mist … dissolved as it touched the valleys — Han Suyin >
  < she would simply have dissolved like a slug with salt poured on it — Jean Stafford >
  < our goals themselves were in flux and … we should only find them dissolving in our hands — Brand Blanshard >
 b. : to break up : disperse
  < the assembly dissolved >
  < orders … direct the soldiers to dissolve before a stronger force — W.O.Douglas >
  < the interim committees dissolved as soon as the regular committees returned from vacation >
 c. : to fade away : fall to nothing : lose power
  < his strength dissolved before her irresistible charm >
  < the solidity of the main characters seems almost to dissolve — John Lehmann >
2.
 a. : to become fluid : melt, liquefy
  < ice cream dissolving in the sun >
 b. : to pass into solution
  < sugar dissolves in liquid >
 c. : to melt or be overcome emotionally
  < the father dissolved in grief >
 also : to become totally unstrung emotionally — used especially in the phrase dissolve into tears
 d. : to resolve itself as if by dissolution
  < on closer inspection the street riot dissolved into a mob of students struggling to get into an empty store building to see an exhibition of books — Robert Payne >
dis·solv·er \-və(r)\ noun
II. noun
(-s)
: a superimposing of one motion-picture or television shot upon another on a screen in which the overlapped shot is gradually darkened as the emergent shot is brightened usually to indicate a lapse of time or change of scene — called also lap dissolve; compare fade, wipe
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