scram
- IPA[skram]
英式
- leave or go away from a place quickly;shut down (a nuclear reactor) in an emergency
- an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor
verb: scram, 3rd person present: scrams, gerund or present participle: scramming, past tense: scrammed, past participle: scrammed
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. leave or go away from a place quickly get out of here, you miserable wretches—scram!
- 2. shut down (a nuclear reactor) in an emergency when the power is cut off, the unit will automatically scram the reactor
- ▪ (of a nuclear reactor) shut down in an emergency the reactor scrammed unexpectedly after an electrical malfunction
名詞
- 1. an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor the power plant was cited for its high rate of scrams over the past year
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- IPA[skram]
美式
- leave or go away from a place quickly: get out of here, you miserable wretches—scram!
- an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor: the power plant was cited for its high rate of scrams over the past year
Oxford American Dictionary