| 单词 | manhattan project |
| 释义 | Manhattan ProjectnounU.S. History. the unofficial designation for the U.S. War Department's secret program, organized in 1942, to explore the isolation of radioactive isotopes and the production of an atomic bomb: initial research was conducted at Columbia University in Manhattan. Origin of Manhattan Projectextracted from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manhattan District and DSM (Development of Substitute Materials) Project Words nearby Manhattan ProjectManhattan, Manhattan Beach, Manhattan clam chowder, Manhattan District, Manhattanite, Manhattan Project, manhelper, Manhire, manhole, manhood, manhood suffrage Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Manhattan ProjectManhattan Project noun(during World War II) the code name for the secret US project set up in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Manhattan ProjectManhattan Project The code name for the effort to develop atomic bombs (see also atomic bomb) for the United States during World War II. The first controlled nuclear reaction took place in Chicago in 1942, and by 1945, bombs had been manufactured that used this chain reaction to produce great explosive force. The project was carried out in enormous secrecy. After a test explosion in July 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (see also Hiroshima) and Nagasaki. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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