melt

n. 熔化, 熔化物, 溶解
vt. (使)熔化, (使)溶解, (使)消散, (使)变软
vi. (使)熔化, (使)溶解, (使)消散, (使)变软
【医】 │熔化
【经】 兑现, (把支票等)换成现金
相关词组:
melt away
melt down
melt into
melt into air
melt into distance
melt into tears

副词:meltingly 动词过去式:melted 过去分词:melted 现在分词:melting 第三人称单数:melts 形容词:meltable 名词:meltability 

melt

v.（动词）
melt.ed,melt.ing,melts
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To be changed from a solid to a liquid state by application of heat or pressure or both.
熔化：用热、压力或两者的共同作用使固态转化为液态
To dissolve:
溶解：
例句：
Sugar melts in water.
糖在水中溶解

To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving:
逐渐消失：好像被溶解似的逐渐消失：
例句：
The crowd melted away after the rally.
集会结束之后，人群逐渐散去

To pass or merge imperceptibly into something else:
逐渐融合：不被察觉地延伸或融合为一体：
例句：
Sea melted into sky along the horizon.
在地平线处海天连成了一片

To become softened in feeling:
感动，软化：感情上变得温和：
例句：
Our hearts melted at the child`s tears.
孩子的眼泪使我们的心变软了

Obsolete To be overcome or crushed, as by grief, dismay, or fear.
【废语】 崩溃：被（悲痛、沮丧或恐惧等）压倒或击溃
v.tr.（及物动词）
To change (a solid) to a liquid state by the application of heat or pressure or both.
熔化：用热力或压力，或者两者的共同作用使固态变为液态
To dissolve:
溶解：
例句：
The tide melted our sand castle away.
潮水将我们用沙堆成的城堡冲散了

To cause to disappear gradually; disperse.
逐渐消散：使逐渐消失；驱散
To cause (units) to blend:
使混合在一起：
例句：
.Here individuals of all races are melted into a new race of men.(Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur)
.在这里，各种族的成员融合在一起形成一个新的人类种族.(米歇尔·纪尧姆·让·德·克雷夫科尔)

To soften (someone`s feelings); make gentle or tender.
使软化：使（某人的感情）软化；使变得温和或温柔
n.（名词）
A melted solid; a fused mass.
熔融的物质；熔融的材料
The state of being melted.
熔融状态


The act or operation of melting.
融化过程：进行熔解的行动或过程
The quantity melted at a single operation or in one period.
融化量：单一操作中熔化的量，或在一定时期内熔化的量
A usually open sandwich topped with melted cheese:
三明治：顶部通常涂有融化的奶酪的三明治：
例句：
a tuna melt.
金枪鱼三明治

n.attributive.（定语名词）
Often used to modify another noun:
常用于修饰另一名词：
例句：
glacial melt water; the summer melt season.
冰川融的水；酷热的夏季


来源：
Middle English melten
中古英语 melten
from Old English meltan * see mel-
源自 古英语 meltan *参见 mel-

【引伸】
melt.abil.ity
n.（名词）
melt.able
adj.（形容词）
melt.er
n.（名词）
melt.ingly
adv.（副词）
melt.y
adj.（形容词）
<参考词汇><同义词>melt,fuse,liquefy,thaw,deliquesceThese verbs mean to change or cause to change into a liquid.
这些动词的意思均为.（使）变成液态.。
Melt implies liquefaction caused principally by heat:
Melt 主要指通过热力引起的液化：
例句：
The candle softened and melted in the sun.
蜡烛在太阳光下变软而熔解。

例句：
I melted the butter in a saucepan. Figuratively the term suggests gradual dispersion, dissipation, and disappearance:
我在长柄锅内熔解黄油。 这个词的比喻用法可以表示逐渐消散、消耗及消失：

例句：
.They melt like mist, the solid lands. (Tennyson).
.陆地就象雾气一般消失. （但尼生）。

例句：
.The usual reserve of their manner . . . has . . . melted away. (Thomas De Quincey).
.他们通常的沉默态度消失了. （托马斯·德·昆西）。

Melt can also mean to become softened in feeling, as through pity, sympathy, or love:
Melt 也可表示因怜悯、同情或爱等而变软，变温和：
例句：
His heart melted at the sight of the injured child.
当他看见那受伤的孩子时，他的心变软了。

Fuse primarily suggests the union of different constituents, such as two minerals, by or as if by heating:
Fuse 主要表示通过热作用将不同成分融合，例如两种矿物质的融合。
例句：
.It is the most formidable kind of faith—the kind that is emotionally fused with national pride. (Conor Cruise O`Brien).
.这是一种最难以动摇的信念——一种感情上融入了民族骄傲的信念. （康纳·克鲁斯·欧希赖恩）。

Liquefy, unlike the other terms in this group,is restricted to physical processesbut is used of both gases and solids:
Liquefy 一词不同于这组词中的其他那些词，它只能用于指物理过程，但既可用于气体，也可用固体：
例句：
a process that is used to liquefy nitrogen.
用来使氮液化的过程。

Thaw applies to the partial or complete melting of something, such as ice, that is frozen;figuratively it suggests the softening or dissolution of something,as of formality or reserve, likened to a frozen substance:
Thaw 用于指某物，例如固体冰，其部分或全部地融解；其比喻用法表示某物的变软或消失，例如被比作冰冻物质的严谨或节制：
例句：
.The short, shy manner of their white-haired host thawed under the influence of Mrs. Elsmere`s racy, unaffected ways. (Mrs. Humphry Ward).Todeliquesce is to become liquid, usually gradually, through absorption of moisture from the air:
.在艾尔斯迈尔夫人自然大方的风格影响下，他们那位白发主人的局促害羞之感慢慢消失了. （亨福德·沃德夫人）。Deliquesce 表示通过吸收空气中水汽而逐渐变成液体：

例句：
.Pure chloride of sodium is not liable to deliquesce. (David Page).
.纯净的氯化钠是不易潮解的. （戴维·佩吉）