fuse

ヒューズ

電流が流れすぎると溶けて、電気を止める小さな部品。

やさしい英語で： A small electrical part that melts and stops the current when too much electricity passes through it.

• The fuse has blown.
• We replaced the fuse and the lights came on.
• This circuit needs a fuse with the correct rating.

よく使う表現： blown fuse, fuse box, replace a fuse

導火線

端から燃えていき、花火や爆薬に火をつけるひも。

やさしい英語で： A cord that burns along its length to make fireworks or explosives go off.

• The fuse was burning.
• A spark lit the firework’s fuse.
• The damp fuse went out before reaching the firework.

類義語： fusee, match

よく使う表現： light a fuse, burning fuse, firework fuse

信管

決まった時刻や条件で、爆弾などを爆発させる装置。

やさしい英語で： A device that makes a bomb or other explosive go off at a chosen time or condition.

• The bomb had a faulty fuse.
• The shell’s fuse was designed to respond to impact.
• Investigators examined the explosive device’s damaged fuse.

類義語： fuze

よく使う表現： bomb fuse, time fuse, delayed fuse

堪忍袋の緒、気性

人が怒り出すまでに、どれほど我慢できるかということ。

やさしい英語で： Someone’s tendency to become angry quickly or slowly.

• He has a short fuse.
• Her fuse gets shorter when she is tired.
• You need a long fuse to handle those constant complaints.

使い方： have a short fuse (My boss has a short fuse when deadlines approach.)

類義語： temper

よく使う表現： short fuse, long fuse

融合する、結合する

別々のものを一つにすること。また、一つにまとまること。

やさしい英語で： To join things so they become one, or to become joined this way.

• The two pieces fused together.
• Her music fuses jazz with traditional folk songs.
• Heat was used to fuse the glass pieces into one sheet.

使い方： fuse A with B (The artist fuses modern techniques with traditional designs.); fuse into something (The separate groups fused into a single organization.); fuse together (The broken bones eventually fused together.)

類義語： merge, combine, blend

反対語： separate

よく使う表現： fuse together, fuse something together, fuse with something

溶かす、溶ける

熱で固体が液体になること。また、そのように溶かすこと。

やさしい英語で： To become liquid through heat, or make a solid become liquid.

• The powder fused under intense heat.
• They used a flame to fuse the material.
• At what temperature does this glass fuse?

類義語： melt

反対語： solidify

よく使う表現： fuse the metal, fuse glass, begin to fuse

ヒューズが切れる

ヒューズが切れて電流が止まり、動かなくなること。

やさしい英語で： To stop working because an electrical safety part has broken the flow of electricity.

• The lights fused suddenly.
• The old circuit fused when we plugged in the heater.
• We used candles after the kitchen lights fused.

よく使う表現： lights fuse, circuit may fuse