implode
verb /ɪmˈpləʊd/
/ɪmˈpləʊd/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they implode | /ɪmˈpləʊd/ /ɪmˈpləʊd/ |
he / she / it implodes | /ɪmˈpləʊdz/ /ɪmˈpləʊdz/ |
past simple imploded | /ɪmˈpləʊdɪd/ /ɪmˈpləʊdɪd/ |
past participle imploded | /ɪmˈpləʊdɪd/ /ɪmˈpləʊdɪd/ |
-ing form imploding | /ɪmˈpləʊdɪŋ/ /ɪmˈpləʊdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to collapse into the centre
向心聚爆;内爆;向内坍塌 - The windows on both sides of the room had imploded.
房间两边的窗户都向内爆碎了。
- The windows on both sides of the room had imploded.
- [intransitive] (of an organization, a system, etc.
) to fail suddenly and completely组织、体制等 突然崩溃 - They lost money when the market imploded.
市场崩溃时,他们亏损了。
- They lost money when the market imploded.
词源late 19th cent.: from in- ‘within’ + Latin plodere, plaudere ‘to clap’, on the pattern of explode.