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N-COUNT
保险丝;熔丝
A fuse is a safety device in an electric plug or circuit. It contains a piece of wire which melts when there is a fault so that the flow of electricity stops.
例句
The fuse blew as he pressed the button to start the motor...
他按下按钮启动马达的时候保险丝烧断了。
Remove the circuit fuse before beginning electrical work.
开始电工作业之前取下电路保险丝。
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V-ERG
(使)(电器等)因保险丝熔断而停止工作
When an electric device fuses or when you fuse it, it stops working because of a fault.
例句
The wire snapped at the wall plug and the light fused...
墙上插座的电线短路烧断了保险丝，电灯跟着灭了。
Rainwater had fused the bulbs.
雨水引发保险丝烧熔，使得灯泡都不亮了。
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N-COUNT
导火线;引信;信管
A fuse is a device on a bomb or firework which delays the explosion so that people can move a safe distance away.
例句
A bomb was deactivated at the last moment, after the fuse had been lit.
炸弹在导火索已经点燃的最后一刻被解爆了。
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V-RECIP-ERG
(使)熔接;(使)熔合;(使)结合
When things fuse or are fused, they join together physically or chemically, usually to become one thing. You can also say that one thing fuses with another.
例句
The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five...
头骨在 15 至 25 岁之间长合。
Conception occurs when a single sperm fuses with an egg...
受孕发生在单个精子与卵子结合的时候。
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V-RECIP-ERG
(使)(不同特质、思想等)合二为一，合为一体
If something fuses two different qualities, ideas, or things, or if they fuse, they join together, especially in order to form a pleasing or satisfactory combination.
例句
His music fused the rhythms of jazz with classical forms...
他的音乐把爵士乐的节奏和古典乐的形式结合在了一起。
What they have done is fuse two different types of entertainment, the circus and the rock concert...
他们所做的就是把马戏表演和摇滚音乐会这两种不同类型的娱乐形式糅合了起来。
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PHRASE
勃然大怒;大发雷霆
If you blow a fuse, you suddenly become very angry and are unable to stay calm.
例句
For all my experience, I blew a fuse in the quarter-final and could have been sent off.
尽管已经是老经验了，我还是在四分之一决赛的时候按捺不住发了脾气，差点就被罚出场。
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PHRASE
(突然)触发，启动，激活
If someone or something lights the fuse of a particular situation or activity, they suddenly get it started.
例句
Hopes for an early cut in German interest rates lit the market's fuse early on.
对德国很快将会降低利率的期望使得市场早早启动了。
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PHRASE
容易发怒;动辄发火
If you say that someone has a short fuse or is on a short fuse you mean that they are quick to react angrily when something goes wrong.
例句
I have a very short fuse and a violent temper.
我容易发怒，脾气暴躁。