In this meaning, fused tells you that a piece of electrical equipment has a fuse in it — a small safety part whose thin wire melts and breaks the circuit if the current gets too strong. British plugs are fused: there is a little fuse inside the plug.

In this meaning在這個意思裡， fusedfused 這個字 tells you that a piece of electrical equipment has a fuse in it是說某個電器裡裝有保險絲—— a small safety part一個小小的安全零件， whose thin wire melts and breaks the circuit它的細線會在電流太強時熔斷、切斷電路， if the current gets too strong如果電流太強的話。British plugs are fused英式插頭是裝有保險絲的： there is a little fuse inside the plug插頭裡就有一個小保險絲。

You can say a fused plug, a fused circuit, or that a lamp is fused, meaning it is fitted with a fuse. This is mainly British electrical language. In Taiwan you are more likely to name the 保險絲 itself than to use this adjective.

You can say a fused plug, a fused circuit, or that a lamp is fused你可以說 a fused plug、a fused circuit，或是說一盞燈 is fused， meaning it is fitted with a fuse意思是它裝了保險絲。This is mainly British electrical language這主要是英式的電器用語。In Taiwan在台灣， you are more likely to name the 保險絲 itself你比較可能直接講「保險絲」這個詞本身， than to use this adjective而不是用這個形容詞。

Though actually, in everyday British English people also say “the lights have fused” when the fuse has blown and the room goes dark. That is a stretch of the same idea: not “fitted with a fuse”, but “the fuse has given out”.

Though actually不過其實， in everyday British English在英國日常英文裡， people also say “the lights have fused”人們也會說「the lights have fused」， when the fuse has blown and the room goes dark意思是保險絲燒斷了、房間跟著暗掉。That is a stretch of the same idea這是同一個概念的延伸用法： not “fitted with a fuse”, but “the fuse has given out”不是「裝有保險絲」，而是「保險絲已經燒壞了」。

Do not mix this with fused metal or fused glass, which means melted and joined together.

Do not mix this with fused metal or fused glass不要把這個字跟 fused metal 或 fused glass 搞混， which means melted and joined together那個意思是融化黏在一起。