| 单词 | implode |
| 释义 | implode (once / 9850 pages) v When something implodes, it explodes inward — instead of outward. With extremely large buildings, it helps to implode them rather than explode them, because by falling inward they take up less space. Why bother to have a word like implode when you already have explode? Well, imagine there is something deep beneath the sea, being subjected to the intense pressure there. If the pressure is high enough that the object bursts, it would collapse in rather than out. It would, in fact, implode. People also sometimes use implode to describe a person subjected to intense pressures who, emotionally at least, bursts inward: "All that stress just made Jess implode." WORD FAMILYimplode: imploded, implodes, imploding, implosion+/implosion: implosions USAGE EXAMPLESThe current stadium, which will be imploded, was the site of two Super Bowls and served as a venue for the 1996 Olympics. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) “They only last for a few years — because they implode,” Mr. Daniels said, with delight, of girl groups. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) In 1998 I sat across from a South Korean executive in need of hard dollars as the Korean won imploded in the nasty currency crisis. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) v burst inward The bottle imploded Syn|Ant|Hyper go off burst, explode burst outward, usually with noise break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way break down, literally or metaphorically |
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