| 单词 | melt |
| 释义 | melt v. & n. --v 1. intr. become liquefied by heat. 2. tr. change to a liquid condition by heat. 3. tr. (as molten adj.) (usu. of materials that require a great deal of heat to melt them) liquefied by heat (molten lava; molten lead). 4. a intr. & tr. dissolve. b intr. (of food) be easily dissolved in the mouth. 5. intr. a (of a person, feelings, the heart, etc.) be softened as a result of pity, love, etc. b dissolve into tears. 6. tr. soften (a person, feelings, the heart, etc.) (a look to melt a heart of stone). 7. intr. (usu. foll. by into) change or merge imperceptibly into another form or state (night melted into dawn). 8. intr. (often foll. by away) (of a person) leave or disappear unobtrusively (melted into the background; melted away into the crowd). 9. intr. (usu. as melting adj.) (of sound) be soft and liquid (melting chords). 10. intr. colloq. (of a person) suffer extreme heat (I'm melting in this thick jumper). --n 1. liquid metal etc. 2. an amount melted at any one time. 3. the process or an instance of melting. Phrases and idioms melt away disappear or make disappear by liquefaction. melt down 1. melt (esp. metal articles) in order to reuse the raw material. 2. become liquid and lose structure (cf. MELTDOWN). melting-point the temperature at which any given solid will melt. melting-pot 1. a pot in which metals etc. are melted and mixed. 2. a place where races, theories, etc. are mixed, or an imaginary pool where ideas are mixed together. melt water water formed by the melting of snow and ice, esp. from a glacier. Derivatives meltable adj. & n. melter n. meltingly adv. Etymology: OE meltan, mieltan f. Gmc, rel. to MALT |
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