Tra từ fuse - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fuse [fuse fuses fused fusing] noun, verb BrE [fjuːz] NAmE [fjuːz]
noun
1. a small wire or device inside a piece of electrical equipment that breaks and stops the current if the flow of electricity is too strong
•to change a fuse
•Check whether a fuse has blown.
2. a long piece of string or paper which is lit to make a bomb or a ↑firework explode
3. (NAmE also fuze)a device that makes a bomb explode when it hits sth or at a particular time
•He set the fuse to three minutes.
•The bombs inside were on a one-hour fuse.
see blow a fuse at ↑blow _v., have/be on a short fuse at ↑short _n.

Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 1 late 16th cent. Latin fus- ‘poured, melted’ fundere n. senses 2 to 3 mid 17th cent. Italian fuso Latin fusus ‘spindle’

Example Bank:
•He set the fuse to thirty minutes.
•Make sure that the correct fuse is fitted.
•The fire started in the fuse box downstairs.
•When the machine was switched on it blew a fuse.

verb
1. intransitive, transitive (formal or technical)when one thing fuses with another, or two things fuse or are fused, they are joined together to form a single thing
•~ (together) As they heal, the bones will fuse together.
•~ (into sth) Our different ideas fused into a plan.
•Their lips fused in a passionate kiss.
•~ with sth The sperm fuses with the egg to begin the process of fertilization.
•~ sth (into sth) The two companies have been fused into a single organization.
•Atoms of hydrogen are fused to make helium.
2. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (technical)when a substance, especially metal, fuses, or you fuse it, it is heated until it melts
3. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (BrE)to stop working or to make sth stop working because a ↑fuse melts
•The lights have fused.
•I've fused the lights.
4. transitive, usually passive ~ sth to put a ↑fuse in a ↑circuit or in a piece of equipment
•Is this plug fused?
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 1 late 16th cent. Latin fus- ‘poured, melted’ fundere n. senses 2 to 3 mid 17th cent. Italian fuso Latin fusus ‘spindle’

See also: ↑fuze