fuse /ˈfjuz/
 保險絲,導火線(vt.)(vi.)鎔化,融合


 fuse /ˈfjuz/ 動詞
 熔,融合,引線,導火線,保險絲


 fuse
 保險絲 FU


 fuse
 熔絲 保險絲


 Fuse v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fused p. pr. & vb. n. Fusing.]
 1. To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.
 2. To unite or blend, as if melted together.
    Whose fancy fuses old and new.   --Tennyson.


 Fuse, v. i.
 1. To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.
 2. To be blended, as if melted together.
 Fusing point, the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion; the melting point.


 Fuse, n.  Gunnery, Mining, etc.
 1. A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See Fuze.
 Fuse hole, the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse. --Farrow.

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 Fuse, or Fuze, n.  Elec. A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit.  When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage.  It serves the same function as a circuit breaker.

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 fuse
      n 1: electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical
           current when it is overloaded [syn: electrical fuse]
      2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a
         propellant [syn: fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming]
      v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
           [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix,
            coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
      2: become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The
         substances fused at a very high temperature"
      3: equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse [ant: defuse]
      4: make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the
         electric mains"