Implosion



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 向内破裂, 内爆
• ［类］ 反义词: rapid outward movement ( 快速的向外运动)
• ［记］ 来自动词:implode ( 内聚爆炸;im[内]+plode[大声音] -> 向内爆炸)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: ［sup］2［/sup］in- + -plosion (as in explosion)
• Date: 1877
• 1. the inrush of air in forming a suction stop
• 2. the action of imploding
• 3. the act or action of bringing to or as if to a center; also integration <this implosion of cultures makes realistic for the first time the age-old vision of a world culture — Kenneth Keniston>
• ? implosive adjective or noun

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