ground zero

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌɡɹaʊnd ˈzɪəɹəʊ/    美 /ˌɡɹaʊnd ˈzɪɚ(ˌ)oʊ/|/-ˈzi(ˌ)ɹoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Originally, the point on the land or water surface below which a nuclear bomb detonates in the air; now also the point on such a surface at or above the detonation. countable,uncountable
    — Some of the construction details (reinforcing rod splices, for example) [in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan] were often poor, and much of the concrete was definitely weak; thus some reinforced concrete buildings collapsed and suffered structural damage when within 2,000 feet of ground zero, and some internal wall paneling was demolished even up to 3,800 feet.
  2. The location of any disaster or violent assault. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — "This is ground zero," she said. "If regulators don't adopt a zero tolerance for violations of standards then what we will have are places that are going to have unacceptable environmental damage."
  3. The point at which something begins. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — James Meredith's forced admission was a milestone in upending the old order in America's most segregated state, a kind of race relations ground zero.

词形变化

ground zeroes plural ground-zero alternative

词汇关系

上位词
epicenter epicentre hypocenter hypocentre
衍生词
Ground Zero

词源

From ground + zero, first attested in a June 1946 a report by the United States Strategic Bombing Survey on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on August 6 and 9, 1945, during World War II. “Zero” was used as the code name for the location of the Trinity atomic bomb test – the first detonation of a nuclear weapon – in New Mexico, USA, on July 16, 1945.
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