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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Melt \Melt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Melted} (obs.) p. p. {Molten};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Melting}.] [AS. meltan; akin to Gr.
   me`ldein, E. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. [root]108. Cf.
   {Smelt}, v., {Malt}, {Milt} the spleen.]
   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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

melted
     adj : changed from a solid to a liquid state; "rivers filled to
           overflowing by melted snow" [syn: {liquid}, {liquified}]
           [ant: {unmelted}]