Word · Frequency #34115
meltdown
/ˈmeltˌdaʊn/
noun
熔化;熔化的过程。
- 1.
An act or process of melting.
熔化;熔化的过程。
- 2.
severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
核反应堆核心严重过热导致核心熔化和辐射泄漏
- 3.
Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: uncontrolled disorder which often has disastrous consequences; (countable) a situation involving this; a crisis.
(常前接描述性词语)失控的混乱局面,常造成灾难性后果;(可数)此类局面;危机。
- 4.
a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown
可与核熔毁相提并论的灾难
核反应堆核心严重过热导致核心熔化和辐射泄漏;(常前接描述性词语)失控的混乱局面,常造成灾难性后果;(可数)此类局面;危机。;可与核熔毁相提并论的灾难;销毁(货币等);变卖(财产)
In use
there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933
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