melt /melt/ ●●○ verb 1 become liquid 变成液体 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]LIQUID if something solid melts or if heat melts it, it becomes liquid (使)融化;(使)熔化 → freeze, thaw It was warmer now, and the snow was beginning to melt. 现在天气暖和了,雪开始融化。
Melt the butter in a saucepan. 把黄油放在深平底锅里化开。
2 disappear 消失 [intransitiveI] (also melt away)CROWD to gradually disappear 逐渐消失 Opposition to the government melted away. 对政府的反对逐渐消失了。
His anger slowly melted. 他的怒气慢慢平息了。
3 become less angry 变得不那么生气 [intransitiveI]SYMPATHIZE to become less angry and begin to feel more gentle and sympathetic 态度软下来,变得温和体贴 She melted under his gaze. 在他的注视下她的态度缓和了。
My heart just melted when I saw her crying. 我看到她哭就心软了。
4. melt in your mouth DFif food melts in your mouth, it is soft and tastes very nice 〔食物〕入口即化,松软可口melt in your mouth• Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.• Crisp, without the slightest hint of being greasy, it both crunches and melts in your mouth.• From the look of her, butter wouldn't melt in her mouth!• However, when you meet Sean Young she's disarmingly polite and looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.• She may look like a fire-breathing dragon, but butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.• The meat is juicy and salty, peppery around the edges, and just soft enough to melt in your mouth.• These eggs melt in your mouth. 5 melt into somebody’s arms/embrace literary to allow someone to hold you in their arms and feel that you love them 投入某人怀抱 Closing her eyes, she melted into his embrace. 她闭上眼睛,投入了他的怀抱。
melt into somebody’s arms/embrace• Would they melt into each other's arms?
6 melt away phrasal verbphr v a) if a crowd of people melts away, the people gradually leave 〔人群〕渐渐散去 The demonstrators melted away at the first sign of trouble. 示威者一见到有麻烦出现就纷纷散去。
b)DISAPPEAR 消失 to gradually disappear 逐渐消失 Her determination to take revenge slowly melted away. 她的复仇决心逐渐动摇。
7 melt something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v LIQUIDto heat a metal object until it becomes a liquid, especially so that you can use the metal again 熔化〔金属物件以便再利用〕 A lot of the gold was melted down and used for making jewellery. 大量黄金被熔化后用来制作首饰。
melt down• As if anyone could melt them down.• Tony asks him whether he dug a hole, but he says no need, the stuff just melts its way down.• Back home, he melted them down and added ground - up coloured chalk - if available - to make crayons. 8 melt into something phrasal verbphr v a) to gradually change into something else 逐渐变成 Her irritation melted into pity. 她的怒气渐渐消失,变成了同情。
b) to gradually become hidden by something 〔逐渐地〕融入 He is trying to melt into the background. 他试图让自己消失在背景里。
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