melt down

既定 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

動詞

To melt a metal, especially so that it can be remade into something else. / To have a breakdown; to collapse or fail utterly.

日本語の意味

金属を溶かし、再加工するための工程を行う。 / 精神的または組織的に急激に崩壊する、あるいは機能不全に陥る。

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They decided to melt down the damaged brass components to cast new fittings.

彼らは傷んだ真鍮部品を溶かして新しい継手を鋳造することに決めた。

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意味（1）

To melt a metal, especially so that it can be remade into something else.

The Great Exhibition of 1851 is also very much in King's Cross's DNA. The clock in its short, Italianate central tower came from the Exhibition and in its early years it struck the hours, but the bells were first silenced in the First World War and then melted down during the Second World War.

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意味（2）

To have a breakdown; to collapse or fail utterly.

melts down （ present singular third-person ）

melting down （ participle present ）

melted down （ past ）

melted down （ participle past ）

molten down （ archaic participle past ）