英:[ˈmeltdaʊn]
美:[ˈmeltdaʊn]
英:[ˈmeltdaʊn]
美:[ˈmeltdaʊn]
melt·down
melt daUn
复数:meltdowns
词根:melter
n.melter [冶] 熔化器;熔炼工
noun
the accidental melting of the core of a nuclear reactor
a rapid or disastrous decline or collapse
a breakdown of self-control (as from fatigue or overstimulation)
verb
intransitive verb
to suffer a meltdown : collapse
financial meltdown金融危机;经济下滑
1922年时指“熔化金属的行为或过程”; 1956年指核反应堆心意外熔化,来自动词短语(1630年代),由 melt(v.)和 down(adv.)组成。隐喻扩展“自我控制的崩溃”自1979年以来已被证实。
The first known use of meltdown was in 1956
melt1 of 2verb
to change from a solid to a liquid state usually through heat snow melts
melt butter
dissolve sense 1
the sugar melted in the coffee
to grow less : disappear
clouds melting away
to make or become gentle : soften
a warm smile melts the heart
to lose clear outline or shape : blend, merge
melt2 of 2noun
a melted substance
melt1 of 2verb
to change from a solid to a liquid state usually through heat snow melts
melt butter
dissolve sense 1
the sugar melted in the coffee
to grow less : disappear
clouds melting away
to make or become gentle : soften
a warm smile melts the heart
to lose clear outline or shape : blend, merge
melt2 of 2noun
a melted substance
melt1 of 2verb
to change from a solid to a liquid state usually through heat snow melts
melt butter
dissolve sense 1
the sugar melted in the coffee
to grow less : disappear
clouds melting away
to make or become gentle : soften
a warm smile melts the heart
to lose clear outline or shape : blend, merge
melt2 of 2noun
a melted substance
meltdownnoun
the accidental melting of the core of a nuclear reactor
a rapid or disastrous decline or collapse
a financial meltdown
a breakdown of self-control (as from fatigue or overstimulation)
1 He averted meltdown and won re-election by rebooting his administration, moving to the political centre and grinding out legislative gains.
2 Minute by minute — or meltdown by meltdown — we’d find out what kind of day it would be.
3 Tess was pregnant with this usurper-in-utero in her last outing; now she’s a working mom, frantically trying to wedge her detecting gigs into the relentless daily round of mealtimes, meltdowns, playtimes and bedtime.
4 We’ve quickly learned to seek out short, easy treks that have the potential to impress, but are close enough to the car that we can bail if a meltdown ensues.
5 Bush initiated the bailouts that helped save the big banks during the meltdown of 2008 but Obama continued those policies, thereby probably saving the financial system from a major collapse.
6 Global business has been rocked by crises, from Enron to the financial meltdown.
从安然事件到最近发生的金融危机, 全球商业受其影响一直动荡不安.
7 Beauty plus marketing adds up to a meltdown.
8 This whole thing is teetering on the brink of total technical meltdown.
9 “Don’t think so. No mention of you anyway. But it’s the first connection to you that hasn’t triggered some mental meltdown,” says Haymitch.
10 "Movies about crimes where a lot of people are affected, like Charles Ferguson's financial meltdown movie 'Inside Job,' don't seem to stir as much excitement."
11 He reveals certain details of his life — he thinks he has undiagnosed attention deficit disorder; he has meltdowns when he’s under stress — but doesn’t fully explicate them.
12 The kids fall into a fantasy stick-and-palm-frond fighting game, which proves to be a wonderful diversion until Christina, obeying a timeless law of nature, chooses the farthest point from the car to have a meltdown.
13 She has also been heard in the animated movies Finding Nemo and Ice Age: The Meltdown.
她也为[海地总动员]和[冰河世纪: 冰川融化]等动画配音.
14 Topics will include the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the troop surge in Iraq, his responses to terrorists attacks and Hurricane Katrina and the financial meltdown.
15 In the end, they hope all the stress and meltdowns are worth it and they have the perfect wedding they've been dreaming of since they were little.
16 But what if they prompt a broader market meltdown?
但这种情况如果引发了范围更广的市场破坏,又该如何 呢 ?
17 THE economic meltdown has popularised a new term: deglobalisation.
经济崩溃促成一个新词的流行:去全球化。
18 This meltdown is not just a financial event, but also a cultural one.
这次危机不仅是一个金融事件,而且是一个文化事件。
19 The difference is, her meltdowns can kill people.
20 So, despite my mother having a total meltdown over her inability to give her older sister a “proper funeral,” Lucy was cremated.
1 崩溃
crash collapse breakdown implosion snap crumble implode crumple debacle ruination break crack disintegrate come unglued fall to pieces go to pieces fall apart crack up break down fall unravel apart swamp fall to bits labefaction ruin dissolution disintegration smasher crackup smashup dissolve bust ruinate cave butch breakup
9 镕解
12 失败
lost frustrate frustrated unsuccessful losing bankrupt stillborn abortive ballup loss miss failure defeat reverse hip header collapse fade frustration abortion turkey bust bankruptcy flap crab frost setback beating flop overthrow strikeout failing miscarriage fluff shipwreck bummer balk fizzle worse gaffe flunk butch barney flummox fungo cruller schmear flivver cockup lay-down smashup lash-up unsuccess balls-up stumer fliv fail default cook crash founder funk miscarry brodie muff flub trip damn stiff blob counteract pip confound checkmate throw a wrench into lose the day come to the ground die on feet one in the eye clutch the gummy lay a bomb put the skids on come unstuck go bust come apart at the seams go bung fall on face miss fire blow it fall to the ground draw blank have the worst drag anchor