implode
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++im·plode /ɪmˈpləʊd $ -ˈploʊd/ verb [intransitive] 1 EXPLODE technical to explode inwards 向心聚爆；内爆 OPP explode The windows on both sides of the room had imploded. 房间两边的窗户都向内爆碎了。2 written if an organization or system implodes, it fails suddenly, often because of faults that it has 〔组织或系统〕突然瓦解，崩溃 SYN collapse Most nations learned their lesson during the 1930s, when trade imploded and incomes plunged. 20世纪30年代贸易大崩溃，人们的收入骤然下降，大多数国家从中吸取了教训。 —implosion /ɪmˈpləʊʒən $ -ˈploʊ-/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
implode• The jet's engine may have imploded.• But if you remove the jam and replace it with a bunch of loonies on bicycles, the whole thing will implode.• Is it in danger of imploding?• One day the Supreme Court is going to rule that the constitution is unconstitutional and the United States will implode!• Something had to be made of all that energy and fury - if not, Helen thought, the girl would implode.• And such imploding partnerships can ruin all chances for success for both the people involved.Origin implode (1800-1900) im- + -plode (as in explode)im·plode verbChineseSyllable
Corpus to explode inwards
implode
im‧plode /ɪmˈpləʊd $ -ˈploʊd/
verb [intransitive]
OPP explode:
The windows on both sides of the room had imploded.
2. written if an organization or system implodes, it fails suddenly, often because of faults that it has
SYN collapse:
Most nations learned their lesson during the 1930s, when trade imploded and incomes plunged.
—implosion /ɪmˈpləʊʒən $ -ˈploʊ-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
im‧plode /ɪmˈpləʊd $ -ˈploʊd/
verb [intransitive] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: im- + -plode (as in explode)
1. technical to explode inwards Origin: im- + -plode (as in explode)
OPP explode:
2. written if an organization or system implodes, it fails suddenly, often because of faults that it has
SYN collapse:
—implosion /ɪmˈpləʊʒən $ -ˈploʊ-/ noun [uncountable and countable]