meltdown

英 ['meltdaʊn] 美 ['meltdaʊn]

• n. 熔毁；灾难；崩溃

英英释义

Noun:

1. severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping

2. a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown;

   "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Experts have not ruled out the possibility of a complete meltdown.
   专家们还没有排除反应炉核心完全熔毁的可能性。
2. The current global meltdown owes much to macroeconomic imbalances.
   目前的全球危机很大程度上归罪于宏观经济的失衡。
3. He sees a bright side to the financial meltdown that has smacked the US.
   他看见了给予美国打击的经济下滑乐观的一面。

词汇搭配

• Ethernet Meltdown 以太网瘫痪
• melt down 融掉

近反义词

【近义词】

• collapse （使）倒塌
• breakdown 崩溃
• failure 失败
• disaster 灾难
• disintegration 瓦解
• ruin 毁灭
• destruction 破坏
• decay (使)衰退
• extinction 消失