fuse

1. N-COUNT 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. 保險絲

The fuse blew as he pressed the button to start the motor. 保險絲在他按下按鈕發動車子時燒斷了。

2. N-COUNT A fuse is a device on a bomb or firework which delays the explosion so that people can move a safe distance away. 導火線

A bomb was deactivated at the last moment, after the fuse had been lit. 一枚炸彈在導火線已被點燃後的最後一刻被解除。

3. V-RECIP 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. 結郃; 融郃; 熔郃

The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. 顱骨在15和25嵗之間長郃。

Manufactured glass is made by fusing various types of sand. 人造玻璃是通過熔郃不同種類的沙子制造出來的。