melting pot

英 [ˈmeltɪŋ pɒt]

美 [ˈmeltɪŋ pɑːt]

n.  熔炉(指多种民族、多种思想等融合混杂的地方或状况)

化学

习惯用语

n.

in the melting pot
• 要起变化；处于变化之中
  likely to change; in the process of changing

牛津词典

noun

• 熔炉（指多种民族、多种思想等融合混杂的地方或状况）
  a place or situation in which large numbers of people, ideas, etc. are mixed together
  1. the vast melting pot of American society
     美国社会这个大熔炉

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 熔炉(指不同民族或思想融合混杂的地方或状况)
  Amelting potis a place or situation in which people or ideas of different kinds gradually get mixed together.
  1. The republic is a melting pot of different nationalities.
     这个共和国是多民族的大熔炉。
  2. ...the cultural melting pot...
     文化熔炉
  3. Marseilles has proved to be a better racial melting pot than Lyons.
     事实证明，与里昂相比，马赛是一个更好的种族大熔炉。
• PHRASE 仍在变化的;尚未定型的;难以预料的
  If something isin the melting pot, you do not know what is going to happen to it.
  1. Their fate is still in the melting pot.
     他们的命运仍然难以预料。

英英释义

noun

• a vessel made of material that does not melt easily
  Synonym:crucible
• an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated

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