| 释义 |
outageout‧age /ˈaʊtɪdʒ/ noun [countable] American English   - A brief electrical outage had sapped its power.
- Because of frequent power outages, we kept kerosene lamps.
- During outages, as many as 20 have to be moved each day.
- Even a one-day outage, such as the one that occurred last June, can cost these giant companies $ 100 million.
- In recent years, the outage has been used to construct or commission major capital projects to extend the plants' capability.
- Play was delayed for two hours by a power outage.
- There is an alarm at the Mission Substation, Novak said, but it was not activated when the outage began.
- Twelve channels of the reactor were refuelled before the outage began and then the fuel route was taken out of service immediately.
► Poweratomic, adjectiveatomic energy, nounbeam, nounbeam, verbbiomass, nounbionic, adjectiveboiler, nounburn, verbclockwork, nouncooling tower, nouncore, nouncritical mass, noundrive, verbdynamic, adjectiveenergy, nounengine, nounfallout, nounfirewood, nounfluorescent, adjectivegenerate, verbgeneration, nounheat, nounheater, nounheating, nouninfra-red, adjectiveirradiate, verbjuice, nounkerosene, nounmeltdown, nounmeter, verbmotor, nounmotor, adjectivemotorized, adjectivenon-renewable, adjectivenuclear, adjectivenuclear fission, nounnuclear-free, adjectivenuclear fusion, nounoutage, nounpeat, nounpetrochemical, nounpetrol, nounpneumatic, adjectivepower, nounpower, verbpower plant, nounquantum, nounradiate, verbradiation, nounradioactive waste, nounradio wave, nounray, nounreactor, nounregister, nounthermostat, nountreadmill, nounturbine, nounwave, nounwavelength, nounwindmill, noun NOUN► power· Because of frequent power outages, we kept kerosene lamps.· Play was delayed for two hours by a power outage.· From retail stores to hospitals to universities, doors remained open as back-up generators kicked in almost immediately following the power outage.· The midday power outage also caused traffic snarls as police officers directed traffic through intersections whose signals had gone dark.· But even the best wear out after repeated power outages and gradually lose their capacity to protect your equipment.· She could not breathe on her own enough to survive a power outage longer than a breath or two.· He said there was no power outage. a period of time during which a service such as the electricity supply cannot be provided SYN power cut British English:  a power outage |