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熔化的,熾熱的,鑄造的melt的過去分詞

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

Molten \Mol"ten\, a. [See {Melt}.]
   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.

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®

melt
     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}]

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}]
     [also: {molten}]

molten
     adj : reduced to liquid form by heating; "a mass of molten rock"
           [syn: {liquefied}, {liquified}]

molten
     See {melt}