melting pot
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈmelting pot noun [singular] 1 SAa place where people from different races, countries, or social classes come to live together 大熔炉〔指来自不同种族、国家或社会阶层的人生活在一起的地方〕 New York has always been a great melting pot. 纽约向来就是个大熔炉。2. MIXa situation or place in which many different ideas are discussed 大熔炉〔多种不同思想在一起被讨论的场面或地方〕3. in the melting pot British EnglishCONTINUE/NOT STOP an idea or situation that is still in the melting pot is likely to change 〔观念或情况〕仍在变化的，尚未最后定型的
Examples from the Corpus
melting pot• America has been a melting pot since the beginning of European immigration.• But again they are an ancient group with ancestors back in the Carboniferous forest, a melting pot for plant evolution.• We are, as they say up north, a melting pot.• Paris remains a melting pot for fashion.• The two have worked together to produce a booming Sunbelt and a brisk new stirring of the ethnic melting pot.• Magic and medicine were often in the same melting pot.• The melting pot is attracting foreigners.ˈmelting pot nounChineseSyllable
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melting pot
ˈmelting pot
noun [singular]
1. a place where people from different races, countries, or social classes come to live together:
New York has always been a great melting pot.
2. a situation or place in which many different ideas are discussed
3. in the melting pot British English an idea or situation that is still in the melting pot is likely to change
ˈmelting pot
noun [singular]1. a place where people from different races, countries, or social classes come to live together:
2. a situation or place in which many different ideas are discussed
3. in the melting pot British English an idea or situation that is still in the melting pot is likely to change
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