fusee
fusee — 名詞
1. a small stick that burns with a bright red flame, placed on a road or railway to
警示信號燈
放在路面提醒駕駛的紅色燃燒信號棒
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.
Christopher 在漆黑的公路上，在他拋錨的貨車後方擺了三支警示信號燈。
set out [N] fusees behind [vehicle]
The freight train conductor lit a fusee to warn approaching trains about the stalled cars.
貨運列車的車長點燃一支警示信號燈，提醒接近的列車有車廂停在軌道上。
light a fusee to warn [target]
Burning fusees marked the snowy road where the school bus had slid into a ditch.
燃燒中的警示信號燈標示出校車滑進路旁水溝的雪地路段。
Nadia kept a box of fusees under the driver's seat for highway emergencies.
Nadia 在駕駛座下放了一盒警示信號燈，以備公路上突發狀況使用。
Drivers slowed down when they saw the red fusee glowing on the shoulder of the road.
看到紅色警示信號燈在路肩上燃燒，駕駛紛紛放慢速度。
- 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
錐形均力輪
舊式機械鐘錶內讓發條動力均勻的圓錐齒輪
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.
Takeshi 小心地從工作台上的古董懷錶中取下那枚小小的錐形均力輪。
remove the fusee from [timepiece]
The fusee inside the old marine chronometer kept the ship's clock accurate during long ocean voyages.
古老航海天文鐘內的錐形均力輪讓船上的時鐘在長途航程中保持準確。
the fusee inside [timepiece] kept [it] accurate
A thin chain wraps around the fusee and pulls evenly as the mainspring unwinds.
一條細鏈纏繞著錐形均力輪，隨著主發條鬆開而平穩地拉動。
Antique clock collectors prize watches with a working fusee because so few survive in good condition.
古董鐘錶收藏家非常珍視保有完好錐形均力輪的懷錶，因為這種完整狀態極為罕見。
Wren studied old watchmaking books to learn how a fusee corrects uneven power in spring-driven clocks.
Wren 研讀舊時的鐘錶工藝書，學習錐形均力輪如何修正發條鐘錶中不均勻的動力。
- 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'.