fuse
noun
verb
fjuːz noun
1 a short thin piece of wire inside electrical equipment which prevents damage by melting and stopping the electricity when there is too much power 〔电器中的〕保险丝
two 13 amp fuses
两根 13 安培的保险丝
I taught him how to change a fuse .
我教他怎么换保险丝。
blow a fuse
2
fuze
also 又作 a thing that delays a bomb, FIREWORK etc from exploding until you are a safe distance away, or makes it explode at a particular time 引信; 雷管; 导火线 AmE
3
a short fuse
if someone has a short fuse, they get angry very easily 〔人的〕火暴脾气
verb
4 to join together physically, or to make things join together, and become a single thing (使)〔物理地〕结合,融合
fuse (sth) together
The egg and sperm fuse together as one cell.
卵子和精子结合,形成一个细胞。
5 to combine different qualities, ideas, or things, or to be combined (使)结合,融合〔特质、思想等〕;
Their music fuses elements as diverse as Cajun, bebop and Cuban waltzes.
他们的音乐融合了凯金音乐、毕波普音乐和古巴华尔兹等不同元素。
fuse (sth) with sth
Leonard takes Carver-style dirty realism and fuses it with the pace of a detective story.
伦纳德取用了卡弗风格的肮脏现实主义,并将它与侦探小说的节奏结合起来。
fuse (sth) into sth
We intend to fuse the companies into a single organization.
我们打算将各家公司合并成一个机构。
6 if electrical equipment fuses, or if you fuse it, it stops working because a fuse has melted [英] (使)〔因保险丝熔断〕中断工作 BrE
The lights have fused again.
照明的保险丝又烧断了。
7 if a rock or metal fuses, or if ,you fuse it, it becomes liquid by being heated [术语] (使)熔化 technical
Lead fuses at quite a low temperature.
铅的熔点很低。