English主要词典
fuse
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
1 a small wire or device inside a piece of electrical equipment that breaks and stops the current if the flow of electricity is too strong:
to change a fuse * Check whether a fuse has blown.
2 a long piece of string or paper which is lit to make a bomb or a FIREWORK explode
3 (AmE also fuze) a device that makes a bomb explode when it hits sth or at a particular time:
He set the fuse to three minutes. * The bombs inside were on a one-hour fuse.
IDIOMS see BLOWv., SHORTn.
verb
1 when one thing fuses with another, or two things fuse or are fused, they are joined together to form a single thing:
[V] As they heal, the bones will fuse together. * Our different ideas fused into a plan. * The sperm fuses with the egg to begin the process of fertilization. * Their lips fused in a passionate kiss. * [VN] The two companies have been fused into a single organization. * Atoms of hydrogen are fused to make helium.
2 [V, VN] (technical) when a substance, especially metal, fuses, or you fuse it, it is heated until it melts
3 (BrE) to stop working or to make sth stop working because a fuse melts:
[V] The lights have fused. * [VN] I've fused the lights.
4 [VN] [usuallypassive] to put a fuse in a CIRCUIT or in a piece of equipment:
Is this plug fused?