melt
v
1 [I, Tn] (cause sth to) become liquid through heating (使某物)融化
The ice melted when the sun shone on it. 太陽照到冰上, 冰就融化了.
The hot sun soon melted the ice. 炎熱的太陽很快就把冰融化了.
It is easy to melt butter. 黃油很容易化.
2
(a) [I] (fig 比喻) (of food) become soft; dissolve (指食物)變軟; 溶解
a sweet that melts on the tongue 在舌上溶化的糖果
This cake melts in the mouth! 這種蛋糕到嘴里就軟了!
(b) [I, Tn] (of a solid in a liquid) dissolve; cause (a solid) to dissolve (指液體中的固體物)溶解; 使(固體物)溶解
Sugar melts in hot tea. 糖放在熱茶中就化了.
The hot coffee melts the sugar. 熱咖啡能把糖溶化了. =>Usage at water1 用法見water1.
3 [I, Ipr, Tn]
(fig 比喻) (cause sb, sb's feelings, etc to) soften because of pity, love, etc (使某人、 感情等)(因憐愛等)軟化
Her anger melted, ie disappeared. 她的怒氣消了.
His heart melted with pity. 他因憐憫而心軟了.
She melted into tears. 她心酸而落淚.
Pity melted her heart. 憐憫之情使她心軟了.
4 (idm 習(xí)語) butter wouldn't melt in sb's mouth => butter.
5 (phr v) melt (sth) away (cause sth to) disappear by melting or dissolving (使某物)融化或溶解而消失
The sun has melted the snow away. 太陽把雪融化掉了.
(fig 比喻) The crowd melted away when the storm broke. 暴風(fēng)雨一來, 人群就散了.
All his support melted away when he really needed it. 在他真正需要支持時, 卻得不到一絲半點. melt sth down melt (a metal object) to be used again as raw material 重新熔化(金屬物); 回爐
Many of the gold ornaments were melted down to be made into coins. 很多黃金飾物回爐後鑄成了金幣. melt into sth
(a) change by gradual degrees into sth else 逐漸改變成另物
One colour melted into another, eg in the sky at sunset. 一種顏色逐漸變成了另一種顏色(如日落時的天空景色).
(b) slowly disappear into sth 緩慢消失於某物中
He melted into the thick fog. 他慢慢消失在濃霧中.
The ship melted into the darkness. 輪船逐漸隱沒在黑暗中.
*[melt]n. 熔化, 熔化物, 溶解vt. (使)熔化, (使)溶解, (使)消散, (使)變軟vi. (使)熔化, (使)溶解, (使)消散, (使)變軟【醫(yī)】 │熔化【經(jīng)】 兌現(xiàn), (把支票等)換成現(xiàn)金相關(guān)詞組: melt away melt down melt into melt into air melt into distance melt into tears