melt [melt] verb BECOME LIQUID 变为液体 IMPROVER intransitive or transitive ■to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid, or to cause something to do this (使)融化;(使)熔化;(使)溶解•The snow usually melts by mid March.通常雪到三月中旬就融化了。 •Melt the chocolate slowly so that it doesn't burn.将巧克力慢慢融化,这样就不会烧焦。 •The meat's beautifully cooked - it melts in your mouth (= is so pleasantly soft that you do not need to chew it).肉煮得极好——柔嫩可口。 [melt] verb FEEL LOVE 爱慕 intransitive ■to start to feel love or sympathy, especially after feeling angry (尤指生气后)心软,态度软化•He only has to look at her, and she melts.他只要看着她,她的心就软了。 •He'd been going to refuse but his heart melted when he saw the children's faces.他本来要拒绝,可看到孩子的脸时,他就心软了。 [melt] verb Phrasal Verbs melt away ■to disappear slowly 逐渐消失;逐渐散去•As the police sirens were heard, the crowd started to melt away.警笛一响,人群就开始散开了。 ■If a strong feeling melts away, you feel it less strongly and it disappears (强烈的情绪)变弱,消失•Her anger melted away when she read the letter.她读着信,怒火慢慢消失了。 [melt] verb Phrasal Verbs [M] melt sth down ■to heat a metal object until it turns to liquid, because you want to use the metal rather than the object 熔化,熔毁•They melted down the gold rings and bracelets.他们将金戒指和金手镯熔化了。 [melt] verb Phrasal Verbs melt (away) into sth ■to look so similar to something else all around you, or to be so much a part of it, that people do not see or notice you 融入…中•The security men just melted into the background until they were needed.保安人员都躲在不显眼的地方,直到有人需要他们的时候才会现身。 [melt] noun countable mainly US ■a sandwich containing melted cheese (涂有融化了的起司的)三明治•a tuna melt鲔鱼三明治 |