| 单词 | meltdown |
| 释义 | meltdownWord family adjectivemeltablemeltymoltennounmeltermeltingmeltingnessmeltdownadverbmeltinglymoltenlyverbmelt Power, Physics melt·down /ˈmeltdaʊn/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] 1. TPa very dangerous situation in which the material inside a nuclear reactor melts and burns through its container, allowing radioactivity to escape 〔造成放射性物质逸出的〕核反应堆堆芯熔毁 2 a situation in which prices fall by a very large amount or an industry or economic situation becomes much weaker 〔价格的〕暴跌；〔行业或经济的〕崩溃 The stock market crash might lead to financial meltdown. 证券市场狂跌可能会引发金融灾难。 Examples from the Corpus meltdown• She raised a flipper-clawed foot, and a shadow the size of a meltdown scar fell over the busy-armed figure.• If foot and mouth can not be contained, it could precipitate a meltdown in the industry.• The mass of uranium soon becomes so hot that it melts and disperses, a phenomenon called meltdown.• Nastiness is only really relevant when there is a threat of social and economic meltdown.• If benefit systems hit meltdown, it's the specialist short-term associations that get hit hardest and quickest.• a global moral meltdown From Longman Business Dictionary meltdownmelt·down /ˈmeltdaʊn/ noun [singular]ECONOMICS a situation in which prices fall by a very large amount or an industry or economy becomes much weaker A near meltdown in overseas stock markets sent U.S. prices plunging for the third consecutive day. The situation is serious, but new measures have been introduced aimed at preventing a financial meltdown. |
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