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

• I am happy to see the reactors melt down.
  我会很高兴看到其它的反应堆泄漏的。
• 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。
• But the wild card appears once again to be Rasheed Wallace, whose moods can light up or melt down the town.
  但不确定因素看起来还将是华莱士，他激情能把活塞带上天，也能把活塞整下地。
• A simple solution, then, was to melt down the crown, cast it into a cube and weigh it.
  于是，最简单的办法是：将王冠熔化，铸成一个方块，称出它的重量。
• Might be the day you melt down.
  将会是你熔毁的一天。
• Those six are going to melt down?
  那6个反应堆将会崩溃？
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。