- A cord of readily combustible material that is lighted at one end to carry a flame along its length to detonate an explosive at the other end.导火索：一段易燃材料，一端点燃，火苗通过它传到另一端引爆炸药
- Often fuze A mechanical or electrical mechanism used to detonate an explosive charge or device such as a bomb or grenade: 常作 fuze 引信，信管：一种用于引爆一定量炸药或爆炸装置的机械或电力操纵的机械装置，如炸弹或手榴弹："A mechanical . . . switch is used to initiate the fuzes"(International Defense Review)“将一种机械开关…用于起爆信管”(国际防务评论)
- To equip with a mechanical or electrical fuse:装引信于：装机械或电力引信："The bomb . . . was fuzed and timed to explode after the aircraft had taken off"(Aviation Week & Space Technology)“飞机升空之后，炸弹里…装上了引信和定时爆炸装置”(航空周刊与航天工程技术)
- From Italian fuso [spindle (originally from its shape)] 源自 意大利语 fuso [纺锤（最先由其形状得来）]
- from Latin fūsus 源自 拉丁语 fūsus
fuse
- To liquefy or reduce to a plastic state by heating; melt.熔化：通过加热变成液体或可塑状态；熔化
- To mix (constituent elements) together by or as if by melting; blend.熔合：通过或似通过熔化将（各成分）混合在一起；混合
- To become liquefied from heat.熔化：加热后成为液状
- To become mixed or united by or as if by melting together:熔合：通过熔化或似通过熔化变得混合或合并："There was no separation between joy and sorrow: they fused into one"(Henry Miller)See Synonyms at melt See Synonyms at mix “痛苦与欢乐之间没有界限：它们融为了一体”(亨利·米勒) 参见 melt 参见 mix
- A safety device that protects an electric circuit from excessive current, consisting of or containing a metal element that melts when current exceeds a specific amperage, thereby opening the circuit.保险丝：一种由金属构成的防止过多电流通过保护电路的一种安全装置，当电流超过限定的电流强度时，金属就会熔化，从而打开电路
- Latin fundere fūs- [to melt] * see gheu- 拉丁语 fundere fūs- [熔化] * 参见 gheu-