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implode vi.向内破裂,爆炸 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." 1[VERB 动词]内爆；向心聚爆；向心压挤 If something implodes, it collapses into itself in a sudden and violent way.   [V]The engine imploded...发动机内爆了。He has nightmares about the tanks imploding.他老是做油箱爆炸的噩梦。2[VERB 动词]崩溃；瓦解 If something such as an organization or a system implodes, it suddenly ends completely because it cannot deal with the problems it is experiencing.   [V]...the possibility that the party may implode in opposition.该党派于在野期间瓦解的可能性

Accepted Answer

[im'pləud] 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. ☆☆☆☆☆

英语单词	implode
英美音标	[im'pləud]
中文释义	vi.向内破裂,爆炸
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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."
柯林斯星级	☆☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]内爆；向心聚爆；向心压挤 If something implodes, it collapses into itself in a sudden and violent way. [V] The engine imploded... 发动机内爆了。 He has nightmares about the tanks imploding. 他老是做油箱爆炸的噩梦。 2 [VERB 动词]崩溃；瓦解 If something such as an organization or a system implodes, it suddenly ends completely because it cannot deal with the problems it is experiencing. [V] ...the possibility that the party may implode in opposition. 该党派于在野期间瓦解的可能性

Implode Explode Subjected Intense Pressure Verb 动词 [V