[ME dissolven < L dissolvere, to loosen < dis-, apart + solvere, to loosen: see solve]
1. to make or become liquid; liquefy; melt
2. to merge with a liquid; pass or make pass into solution
3. to break up; disunite; decompose; disintegrate
4. to end by or as by breaking up; terminate
5. to disappear or make disappear
6. Film TV to combine or be combined in a lap dissolve
n.
☆ Film TV
short for lap dissolve
SYN.- adjourn, melt
phrasal
dissolve in tears or dissolve into tears
weep
—dissolvable
adj.
—dissolver
n.
10.使感动;使激动;使情不自禁:
The news dissolved him completely.
那消息使他深受感动。
She was dissolved in pleasure.
她快乐得神魂颠倒。
11.使沉浸于:
Their life was dissolved in pleasure.
他们的生活沉浸于欢乐之中。
21世纪vt.之下的10与11项来自W3的vt.“2 c : to cause to be emotionally moved : melt emotionally <the news dissolved her so completely she ran from the room weeping> ; also : to unstring emotionally and totally — used especially in the phrase dissolved in tears d : to totally occupy : IMMERSE(英汉辞海“使沉浸于”) <his life was dissolved in a round of frivolities>”。分类依据大概是,一个指人,一个指物。21世纪简化了例证。
W3的vi. “2 c : to melt or be overcome emotionally <the father dissolved in grief> ; also : to become totally unstrung emotionally — used especially in the phrase dissolve into tears ”。以上是远东两个例证的原文。显然,远东词义做了缩小化处理。