meltdown

• n. 災難；徹底垮台；熔化；暴跌

比喻用法。

meltdown (n.)

by 1937 in the ice-cream industry; by 1956 in reference to a nuclear reactor, from verbal phrase, from melt (v.) + down (adv.). Metaphoric extension since 1979.

1. Emergency cooling systems could fail and a reactor meltdown could occur.

緊急冷卻係統有可能失靈，核反應堆有可能發生堆芯熔毀。

來自柯林斯例句

2. meltdown on the New York Stock Exchange

紐約證券市場的崩潰

來自《權威詞典》

3. A meltdown at the reactor had only just been avoided.

險些發生核反應堆熔毀事故.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Urgent talks are going on to prevent the market going into financial meltdown during the summer.

正在進行緊急會談，以防止市場在夏季出現金融危機。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Experts have not ruled out the possibility of a complete meltdown.

專家們還沒有排除反應爐核心完全熔毀的可能性.

來自辭典例句