单词 | weld |
释义 | weld 1. v. & n. --vtr.   1. a hammer or press (pieces of iron or other metal usu. heated but not melted) into one piece. b join by fusion with an electric arc etc. c form by welding into some article.   2. fashion (arguments, members of a group, etc.) into an effectual or homogeneous whole. --n a welded joint. Derivatives weldable adj. weldability n. welder n. Etymology: alt. of WELL(2) v. in obs. sense 'melt or weld (heated metal)', prob. infl. by past part. 2. n.   1. a plant, Reseda luteola, yielding a yellow dye.   2. hist. this dye. Etymology: ME f. OE w(e)alde (unrecorded): cf. MDu. woude, MLG walde |
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