释义 |
meltdownmelt‧down /ˈmeltdaʊn/ noun [countable, uncountable] - If benefit systems hit meltdown, it's the specialist short-term associations that get hit hardest and quickest.
- If foot and mouth can not be contained, it could precipitate a meltdown in the industry.
- Nastiness is only really relevant when there is a threat of social and economic meltdown.
- She raised a flipper-clawed foot, and a shadow the size of a meltdown scar fell over the busy-armed figure.
- The mass of uranium soon becomes so hot that it melts and disperses, a phenomenon called meltdown.
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