fuse

1. N-COUNT A fuse is a safety device in an electric plug or circuit. It contains a piece of wire which melts when there is a fault so that the flow of electricity stops. 保险丝

The fuse blew as he pressed the button to start the motor. 保险丝在他按下按钮发动车子时烧断了。

2. N-COUNT A fuse is a device on a bomb or firework which delays the explosion so that people can move a safe distance away. 导火线

A bomb was deactivated at the last moment, after the fuse had been lit. 一枚炸弹在导火线已被点燃后的最后一刻被解除。

3. V-RECIP When things fuse or are fused, they join together physically or chemically, usually to become one thing. You can also say that one thing fuses with another. 结合; 融合; 熔合

The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. 颅骨在15和25岁之间长合。

Manufactured glass is made by fusing various types of sand. 人造玻璃是通过熔合不同种类的沙子制造出来的。