melt down

英 [melt daʊn]

美 [melt daʊn]

熔化（以再利用）

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柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 熔化，熔毁(以再利用)
  If an objectis melted down, it is heated until it melts, so that the material can be used to make something else.
  1. Some of the guns were melted down and used to help build a statue...
     一些枪炮被回炉后用来建造了一座雕像。
  2. When Jefferson didn't like a pair of goblets given to him as a gift, he asked a local smith to melt them down...
     杰斐逊不喜欢别人作为礼物送给他的一对高脚杯，就请当地的一个工匠把酒杯熔毁了。
  3. Some thieves do not even bother to melt down stolen silver for its scrap value.
     有的小偷懒得为了一点蝇头小利去费劲把偷来的银器熔掉。

英英释义

verb

• reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
  1. melt butter
  2. melt down gold
  3. The wax melted in the sun
  Synonym:meltrun

双语例句

• Based on combustion and heat transfer theory the mechanism of reduction in melt down time using oxy-fuel burners is described in this paper.
  从燃烧学、热传输学的角度，论述了氧燃烧嘴助熔原理。
• To stop, simply melt down in your saddle and quit riding, Say whoa.
  停止，只是深坐入鞍子保持不动，说：喔&。
• You do realize if all the reactors melt down.
  你是否意识到如果这些反应堆都发生泄漏。
• There are five nuclear power plants ready to melt down.
  有五座核电站马上就要发生泄漏了。
• Some of the guns were melted down and used to help build a statue
  一些枪炮被回炉后用来建造了一座雕像。
• The analysis indicate: ① metallic powder with low melting point will not melt down and sintering will not begin until the laser power reach a critical value.
  理论研究表明：①激光功率达到烧结阈值时，低熔点金属粉末才开始熔化，烧结开始进行；
• I was afraid his whole plump body would melt into sweat, the way wax candles melt down to a puddle of oil.
  我只怕他整个胖身体全化在汗里，像洋蜡烛化成一摊油。
• When Iceland began to melt down, so to speak, it became clear that the backing of the Icelandic central bank was insubstantial.
  当冰岛开始“融化”时，人们清楚地认识到，冰岛央行的支持并不牢靠。
• How much more time do you need to melt down the remaining nuclear power plants?
  你还需要多长时间让其它的核电站发生泄漏？
• Might be the day you melt down.
  将会是你熔毁的一天。