meltdown
英 ['meltdaʊn]
美['mɛltdaʊn]
- n. 灾难；彻底垮台；熔化；暴跌
英英释意
- 1. severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
- 2. a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown;
- "there is little likelihood of a meltdown comparable to the American banking collapse in March 1933"