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melt /ˈmɛlt/
鎔化,鎔化物,溶解(vt.)(vi.)(使)鎔化,(使)溶解,(使)消散,(使)變軟
Melt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Melted (obs.) p. p. Molten p. pr. & vb. n. Melting.]
1. To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow.
2. Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth. --Shak.
For pity melts the mind to love. --Dryden.
Syn: -- To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.
Melt, v. i.
1. To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.
2. To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.
3. Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.
My soul melteth for heaviness. --Ps. cxix. 28.
Melting with tenderness and kind compassion. --Shak.
4. To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. See fondue.
The soft, green, rounded hills, with their flowing outlines, overlapping and melting into each other. --J. C. Shairp.
5. To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.
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melt
n : the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a
liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt
that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey
takes several hours" [syn: thaw, thawing, melting]
v 1: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid
state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down
gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" [syn: run, melt
down]
2: become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted
the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The
heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over
the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the
meat" [syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw]
3: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he
mellowed" [syn: mellow, mellow out]
4: lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually;
"Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" [syn: meld]
5: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear
gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The
tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" [syn: fade]
6: become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance
melted under his charm" [syn: disappear]
[also: molten]