- [transitive, intransitive] to join pieces of metal together by heating their edges and pressing them together焊接；熔接；锻接
- weld (something) to weld a broken axle焊接一条断裂的轴
- weld A (on) (to B) The car has had a new wing welded on.这辆汽车焊上了一块新挡泥板。
- weld A and B (together) All the parts of the sculpture have to be welded together.这件雕塑所有的部件都必须焊接在一起。
- [transitive] to make people or things join together into a strong and effective group使紧密结合；使连成整体
- weld somebody/something into something They had welded a bunch of untrained recruits into an efficient fighting force.他们把一群未经训练的新兵打造成了一支有战斗力的部队。
- weld something together The crisis helped to weld the party together.这场危机促使整个党紧密地团结在一起。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘become united’): alteration (probably influenced by the past participle) of the verb well in the obsolete sense ‘melt or weld heated metal’.