melt、dissolve与fuse这些动词均含“融化、溶解”之意。
melt : 最常用词，指任何固体的熔化过程，常引申作“消散、淡化或消失”解。
- The snow usually melts by mid March.
通常雪到3月中旬就都融化了。 - Melt the chocolate slowly so that it doesn't burn.
将巧克力慢慢融化，这样就不会烧焦。 - The meat's beautifully cooked - it melts in your mouth (= is so pleasantly soft that you do not need to chew it).
肉做得极好——柔嫩可口。
dissolve : 多指固体溶于溶剂的过程。
- Dissolve two spoons of powder in warm water.
将两勺粉末溶解在温水中。 - Nitric acid will dissolve most animal tissue.
硝酸能溶解大部分动物组织。
fuse可与melt换用，但侧重指在高温下使两种或两种以上金属的熔合，也可作引申用。
- The heat of the fire fused many of the machine's parts together.
炽灼的大火把机器的很多部件都熔化在了一起。 - Genes determine how we develop from the moment the sperm fuses with the egg.
从精子和卵子结合的那一刻起，基因就决定了我们会如何成长。 - The bones of the skull are not properly fused at birth.
出生的时候头骨结合得并不紧密。
