英 [ˈmeltdaʊn] 美 [ˈmeltdaʊn]
n. 核反应堆堆芯熔毁；（公司、机构或系统的）崩溃；情绪突然失控
复数meltdowns
meltdown /ˈmɛltˌdaʊn/
有变体名词 If there is meltdown in a nuclear reactor, the fuel rods start melting because of a failure in the system, and radiation starts to escape. (核反应堆的) 堆芯熔毁
Scientists warned that emergency cooling systems could fail and a reactor meltdown could occur.
科学家们警告说紧急冷却系统可能失灵，核反应堆的堆芯熔毁可能会发生。
不可数名词 The meltdown of a company, organization, or system is its sudden and complete failure. (公司、机构、系统等的) 突然崩溃
Urgent talks are going on to prevent the market going into financial meltdown during the summer.
紧急谈判正在进行中，以防止市场在夏天陷入金融崩溃。
severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
同义词： nuclear meltdown
a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown
there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933
熔毁
1）、融化（MeltDown）： 将块状的高纯度复晶硅置于石英坩锅内，加热到其熔点1420°C以上，使其完全融化。
英特尔的所有时间似乎都花在了为幽灵(Spectre)和熔毁(Meltdown)的道歉上，这是一系列灾难性的安全漏洞，影响到了该公司的每一个CPU。
...李明美 赞同来自: 堆芯熔化(meltdown)是指核反应堆温度上升过高，造成燃料棒熔化并发生破损事故。
melter [冶] 熔化器；熔炼工
Urgent talks are going on to prevent the market going into financial meltdown during the summer.
紧急谈判正在进行中，以防止市场在夏天陷入金融崩溃。
The housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.
房地产市场的崩溃将使他们更难通过卖房在资金上维持分居后的生活。
Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.
此外，房地产市场的崩溃将使他们更难通过卖房维持分居后的生活。
"Emerging markets are as victim to the world meltdown as any other economy and there are no exceptions."
VOA : special.2009.12.04
Some economists blame a lack of oversight of the subprime mortgage industry for fueling the global financial meltdown that followed.
VOA : standard.2010.04.19
"Its failure could have resulted in a 1930s-style global financial and economic meltdown, with catastrophic implications for production, income and jobs,".
VOA : standard.2009.03.24
Then, in the opening act of the financial meltdown of 2008, her firm collapsed underneath her.
Cancer is higher among the local population that lived in the area during the meltdown.
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