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meltdown

B2 noun
us /ˈmɛltˌdaʊn/

meltdown /ˈmɛltdawn/ nghĩa là sự nóng chảy

Các nghĩa

  1. sự nóng chảy

    An act or process of melting.

    countable

    Tom had a meltdown.

    Mary had a meltdown.

    Mary had a complete meltdown.

  2. nóng chảy hạt nhân

    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.

    uncountable

  3. sự sụp đổ, khủng hoảng

    Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: uncontrolled disorder which often has disastrous consequences; (countable) a situation involving this; a crisis.

    figuratively · uncountable

    Channel 4 switchboards went into meltdown this week when viewers called to complain about a Brass Eye programme on child sex.

  4. sự sụt giá mạnh

    Synonym of crash (“a sudden large decline in the value of money, stocks or other assets, etc., especially one that causes additional economic difficulties”).

    countable · figuratively

  5. cơn giận dữ, cơn thịnh nộ

    An emotional outburst; a fit, a tantrum.

    countable · figuratively · informal

  6. cơn khủng hoảng cảm xúc (ở người tự kỷ)

    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”).

    countable · figuratively · informal

+ 1 nghĩa khác

  1. suy sụp tinh thần

    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.

    countable · figuratively · informal

    After the huntsman raced across my windscreen, I had an arachnophobic meltdown on the side of the road.

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