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N-COUNT
保險絲;熔絲
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...
他按下按鈕啟動馬達的時候保險絲燒斷了。
Remove the circuit fuse before beginning electrical work.
開始電工作業之前取下電路保險絲。
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V-ERG
(使)(電器等)因保險絲熔斷而停止工作
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...
墻上插座的電線短路燒斷了保險絲，電燈跟著滅了。
Rainwater had fused the bulbs.
雨水引發保險絲燒熔，使得燈泡都不亮了。
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N-COUNT
導火線;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.
炸彈在導火索已經點燃的最后一刻被解爆了。
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V-RECIP-ERG
(使)熔接;(使)熔合;(使)結合
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...
頭骨在 15 至 25 歲之間長合。
Conception occurs when a single sperm fuses with an egg...
受孕發生在單個精子與卵子結合的時候。
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V-RECIP-ERG
(使)(不同特質、思想等)合二為一，合為一體
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...
他的音樂把爵士樂的節奏和古典樂的形式結合在了一起。
What they have done is fuse two different types of entertainment, the circus and the rock concert...
他們所做的就是把馬戲表演和搖滾音樂會這兩種不同類型的娛樂形式糅合了起來。
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PHRASE
勃然大怒;大發雷霆
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.
盡管已經是老經驗了，我還是在四分之一決賽的時候按捺不住發了脾氣，差點就被罰出場。
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PHRASE
(突然)觸發，啟動，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.
對德國很快將會降低利率的期望使得市場早早啟動了。
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PHRASE
容易發怒;動輒發火
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.
我容易發怒，脾氣暴躁。