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单词 scram
释义

scram


DEFINITIONS1
  1. 1
    a fast shutdown of a nuclear reactor during an emergency, by quickly inserting control rods into the core. Supposedly derived during the infancy of nuclear reactors when Norman Hilbury was stationed with an axe to cut a rope holding the safety control rod during the experiment at the Chicago Pile on 2nd December 1942, when reactor criticality was first demonstrated.
    The reactor scram automatically occurred due to high neutron flux.
    Submitted by:
    LDUNLAP from United States on 24/05/2010
Noun☞scram

scram

UK /skræm/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theyscram
he/she/itscrams
present participlescramming
past tensescrammed
past participlescrammed

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    to leave a place quickly and immediately

    So now scram, OK?

    She told the boys to scram.

    Synonyms and related words

    To leave a place or person quickly or suddenly
  2. 2
    the act of shutting down a nuclear reactor
    We must scram the plant if the water level gets too low!
    Submitted by:
    LDUNLAP from United States on 27/05/2010

scram

US /skræm/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theyscram
he/she/itscrams
present participlescramming
past tensescrammed
past participlescrammed

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    to leave a place quickly and immediately

    So now scram, OK?

    She told the boys to scram.

    Synonyms and related words

    To leave a place or person quickly or suddenly
  2. 2
    the act of shutting down a nuclear reactor
    We must scram the plant if the water level gets too low!
    Submitted by:
    LDUNLAP from United States on 27/05/2010
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