| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•ac•tor /riˈæktɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one that reacts.
- Energy, Physicsan apparatus in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction is sustained and controlled.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•ac•tor (rē ak′tər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- [Elect.]a device whose primary purpose is to introduce reactance into a circuit.
- Immunology, Veterinary Diseasesa patient or animal that reacts positively towards a foreign material.
- Energy, PhysicsAlso called atomic pile, chain reactor, chain-reacting pile, nuclear reactor, pile. [Physics.]an apparatus in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction can be initiated, sustained, and controlled, for generating heat or producing useful radiation.
- Chemistry(esp. in industry) a large container, as a vat, for processes in which the substances involved undergo a chemical reaction.
- 1885–90; 1940–45 for def. 4; react + -or2
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: reactor /rɪˈæktə/ n - a substance, such as a reagent, that undergoes a reaction
- short for nuclear reactor
- a vessel, esp one in industrial use, in which a chemical reaction takes place
- a coil of low resistance and high inductance that introduces reactance into a circuit
- a person sensitive to a particular drug or agent
|