fuse
n
1 piece of easily burnt material (eg rope, paper) along which a spark moves to ignite a firework, bomb, etc so that it explodes 導(dǎo)火線(xiàn); 導(dǎo)火索.
2 (US also fuze) device that makes a bomb, shell, etc explode either on impact or at a particular time 引信; 信管; 雷管
The bomb had been set with a four-hour fuse. 炸彈上裝了一個(gè)四小時(shí)起爆的引信.
3 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) on a short fuse => short1.
fuse v [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
1 (cause sth to) become liquid by means of heat (加熱使某物)變成液體; 熔化; 熔融
fuse metals (into a solid mass) 使金屬熔化(成為硬塊).
2 join (sth) or become joined by means of heat (加熱)連接某物; 熔合
fuse two pieces of wire together 熔合兩根金屬絲
(fig 比喻) The two companies are fused by their common interests. 兩公司因有共同利益而結(jié)合在一起.
fuse n (in an electric circuit) short piece of wire that melts and breaks the circuit if the current exceeds a safe level 保險(xiǎn)絲
It looks as though you've blown a fuse, ie caused it to melt. 看樣子你把保險(xiǎn)絲燒斷了. fuse, v
1 [I, Tn] (of an electric circuit) stop or cause to stop working because a fuse melts (指電路)因保險(xiǎn)絲燒斷而斷電
The lights have all fused. 保險(xiǎn)絲斷了, 燈都滅了.
I've fused all the lights. 我把保險(xiǎn)絲燒斷了, 電燈全都滅了.
2 [Tn] put a fuse in (a circuit or an appliance) (在電路或電器上)安裝保險(xiǎn)絲.