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mol·ten /ˈmoltṇ/
(a.)鎔化的,熾熱的,鑄造的(vbl.)melt的過去分詞
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.
Mol·ten a.
1. Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron.
2. Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten image.
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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]
molten
adj : reduced to liquid form by heating; "a mass of molten rock"
[syn: liquefied, liquified]