消融 (xiāo róng) — to melt (of large ice masses such as glaciers or icecaps); to dissolve, to melt away (of abstract things like barriers, differences, tensions)
Definition
Literate/formal word meaning 'to melt away', used for both glaciers/ice caps and abstract things like misunderstandings or barriers. Less common in everyday speech than 融化.
verb
to melt (of large ice masses such as glaciers or icecaps)to dissolveto melt away (of abstract things like barriers, differences, tensions)
Examples
- 消融。Quán qiú biàn nuǎn dǎo zhì jí dì bīng chuān xùn sù xiāo róng.Global warming is causing polar glaciers to melt rapidly.
- ，消融。Jīng guò duō cì gōu tōng, tā men zhī jiān de wù huì zhōng yú xiāo róng le.After many rounds of communication, the misunderstanding between them finally melted away.
- 消融。Kē xué jiā zhèng zài yán jiū bīng gài xiāo róng de sù dù.Scientists are studying the speed at which the ice cap is melting.
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