circuit breaker
- IPA[ˈsərkət ˌbrākər]
美式
- an automatic device for stopping the flow of current in an electric circuit as a safety measure.；a short period in which travel, business, and human contact are restricted in order to prevent the spread of an infectious disease
noun: circuit breaker, plural noun: circuit breakers
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an automatic device for stopping the flow of current in an electric circuit as a safety measure.
- ▪ a short period in which travel, business, and human contact are restricted in order to prevent the spread of an infectious disease a circuit breaker was recommended by the government's official scientific advisers supermarkets will continue to operate as normal during the circuit breaker period
- ▪ a temporary halt automatically placed on trading as a means of inhibiting panic selling the circuit breaker was triggered as plunges reached 7 percent
