meltdown
名词 n.
英 /ˈmɛltdaʊn/|/ˈmɛltdawn/
美 /ˈmɛltˌdaʊn/
英文释义
名词 n.
- An act or process of melting.
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An act or process of melting.; Severe uncontrolled overheating and melting of the fuel in the core of a nuclear reactor, with the potential for radiation to escape; (countable) an instance of this.
— Thus began by far the gravest crisis in the troubled, 32-year history of commercial atomic power. A catastrophe had occurred over the weekend at the Chernobyl plant, 80 miles north of Kiev, where a reactor meltdown and explosion caused untold death and suffering and raised the prospect of long-term health and environmental damage on a far greater scale than anything yet unleashed by peaceful nuclear use.
- A mass of melted material.
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Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: uncontrolled disorder which often has disastrous consequences; (countable) a situation involving this; a crisis.
— Channel 4 switchboards went into meltdown this week when viewers called to complain about a Brass Eye programme on child sex.
- Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: uncontrolled disorder which often has disastrous consequences; (countable) a situation involving this; a crisis.; Synonym of crash (“a sudden large decline in the value of money, stocks or other assets, etc., especially one that causes additional economic difficulties”).
- (Sudden) loss of control over one's behaviour, emotions, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.; An emotional outburst; a fit, a tantrum.
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(Sudden) loss of control over one's behaviour, emotions, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.; A response to sensory overload or stress, in which an autistic person is overwhelmed by intense, seemingly disproportionate emotions, behaving erratically and becoming unable to mask (“act more neurotypically”).
— I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in my forties. […] Now if I am really anxious, I can take a moment to think about what is making me anxious and what to do about it; before I would just spiral into a meltdown really quickly, with no understanding of why.
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(Sudden) loss of control over one's behaviour, emotions, etc.; (countable) an instance of this.; Synonym of nervous breakdown (“an attack of a psychological disorder such as anxiety or depression which is so severe that it prevents a person from continuing to function normally”); also (loosely), a situation where one is unable to function mentally due to panic, stress, etc.
— I had a major meltdown at work today. After being instructed one more time about additional work that I was to delegate to my direct reports, I snapped, but in a very polite manner. I excused myself from the boss' office and broke down completely in my cubicle.
词形变化
词汇关系
词源
From melt (verb) + down (adverb), a deverbal from melt down (verb).
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