English Dictionary

fuse

IPA（発音記号）

/fjuːz/

名詞

比喩的用法

A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device. / (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.

日本語の意味

導火線；点火装置。火を伝達して爆薬などを着火させるための芯や機構を指す。

He carefully lit the fuse and sprinted to safety before the charges detonated.

彼は導火線に注意深く火をつけ、装薬が爆発する前に安全な場所へ走って避難した。

意味（1）

A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.

The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee the explosion.

意味（2）

(manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A tendency to lose one's temper.

When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.

意味（4）

A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.

意味（5）

A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.

fuses （ plural ）