melting pot noun
plural melting pots
plural melting pots
Learner's definition of MELTING POT
[count]
: a place (such as a city or country) where different types of people live together and gradually create one community大熔炉（指不同民族共同生活并逐渐构成一个社会，如城市或国家） —
usually singular通常用单数
in the melting pot
British
: not yet certain or finally decided : still changing or likely to change尚未确定的；仍在变化中的；可能变化的 -
Our plans are still in the melting pot.我们的计划还尚未确定。
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It looked like our team was winning, but then everything went back in the melting pot. [=the outcome became uncertain again]眼看我们队就要赢了，但一会儿一切又变得捉摸不定起来。