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单词 shutdown
释义 shutdown
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: shut down
: the cessation or suspension of an activity or function: as
 a. : a usually temporary stoppage of work in a factory, mine, or other business enterprise (as because of a strike, lockout, installation or repair of equipment, vacation, or lack of orders or materials)
  < workers were threatening a total shutdown — Ida A.R. Wylie >
  < increasing the efficiency … and decreasing maintenance shutdowns — H.W.Iversen >
  < trains … resumed operating this morning after a 24-hour shutdownNew York Times >
 b. : the stopping of a machine or engine that activates itself
  < the shutdown … of generating equipment in 17 industrial plants — Ohio Edison Co. Report >
  < permitting escape of neutrons and causing a shutdown of the chain reaction — J.L.Collins >
 c. : the discontinuance of a physical function (as of an organ)
  < to prevent kidney shutdownAnesthesia Digest >
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