meld「(使)融合，合并，结合?」（meteor融合状态）

Word of the Day：June 2, 2022

meld

（使）融合，合并，结合

verb /MELD/ [meld]

What It Means

Meld means "to blend or mix together."

Meld 意思是“混合、混在一起”

MELD in Context

"The community art event, which came at the tail-end of National Poetry Month, melded games and art together to present poetry as an inclusive and demographically accessible expressive art, according to the event’s organizer, Rachel Cyrene Blackman." — Emily Thurlow, The Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Massachusetts), 1 May 2022“

活动组织者 Rachel Cyrene Blackman 认为，这次的艺术活动“National Poetry Month”的最后，将游戏和艺术融合在一起，使诗歌呈现为一种包容力和亲和力艺术表达。

The sauce cooks slowly, allowing the flavors to meld together.

用酱汁慢炖，使味道混在一起。

Did You Know?

As a verb used when things are blending or being blended together, meld dates only to the first half of the 20th century. In its early days, the word attracted some unfavorable attention. Those who didn't like it tended to perceive it as a misuse of an older meld meaning "to declare or announce (a card or cards) for a score in a card game" (such as pinochle or gin rummy). But the more recent meld, a blend of melt and weld, was an entirely new coinage suggesting a smooth and thorough blending of two or more things into a single, homogeneous whole. The word is no longer controversial.

Meld 动词，作混合（或混合在一起）含义的使用最早是在 20 世纪上半叶。 In its early days, the word attracted some unfavorable attention（在早期这个词有一些不好的说法？）。 那些不喜欢这个词的人认为它是对旧时meld的误用，意思是“在纸牌游戏中宣布（一张或多张牌）得分”（例如 pinochle 或 gin rummy）。 但最近的meld指melt「熔化」和weld「焊接」的混合，是一种全新的造币技术，表明将两种或多种事物完美而彻底地融合成一个单一、均匀的整体。 这个词就不再有争议了。

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