fusee
fusee — noun
1. a small stick that burns with a bright red flame, placed on a road or railway to
a small stick that burns with a bright red flame, placed on a road or railway to warn drivers about a stopped truck or broken-down train.
Christopher set out three fusees behind his broken-down truck on the dark highway.
set out [N] fusees behind [vehicle]
The freight train conductor lit a fusee to warn approaching trains about the stalled cars.
light a fusee to warn [target]
Burning fusees marked the snowy road where the school bus had slid into a ditch.
Nadia kept a box of fusees under the driver's seat for highway emergencies.
Drivers slowed down when they saw the red fusee glowing on the shoulder of the road.
- flare
broader category; a fusee is one specific type of road or rail flare
- warning flare
everyday paraphrase; used in driver-education materials
文法句型
set out a fusee
light a fusee
用法筆記
Subject is usually a train crew member, truck driver, or roadside worker; the object position commonly takes a measured count (one, two, three fusees) showing how many were placed.
常見錯誤
2. a cone-shaped wheel inside an old mechanical clock or watch that helps keep the
a cone-shaped wheel inside an old mechanical clock or watch that helps keep the timepiece running at a steady speed as the spring slowly loses its tension.
Takeshi carefully removed the tiny fusee from the antique pocket watch on his workbench.
remove the fusee from [timepiece]
The fusee inside the old marine chronometer kept the ship's clock accurate during long ocean voyages.
the fusee inside [timepiece] kept [it] accurate
A thin chain wraps around the fusee and pulls evenly as the mainspring unwinds.
Antique clock collectors prize watches with a working fusee because so few survive in good condition.
Wren studied old watchmaking books to learn how a fusee corrects uneven power in spring-driven clocks.
- fusee cone
fuller technical name used in horology texts
- conical pulley
descriptive paraphrase; broader and less specific to clocks
文法句型
wind the fusee
the fusee chain
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense names a mechanical part inside a clock, never something that burns. Found mostly in horology and antique-watch contexts; pair with words like 'chain', 'mainspring', 'movement'.