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

双语例句

• And it was in this violent melting pot that the right combination of minerals was forged into life.
  正是在这个动荡的大熔炉里，各种矿物质比例都恰到好处的混合物打造了生命。
• Delhi is India's brash, restless, gossipy melting pot.
  德里是印度鲁莽的、浮躁的和八卦的熔炉。
• People often see the United States as the big melting pot of a different race.
  人们常把美国看成是一个不同民族的大熔炉。
• The site of the first British colony in Australia, Sydney has evolved into a cosmopolitan melting pot.
  作为澳大利亚的第一个英国殖民地，悉尼已成为国际化的大熔炉。
• The "melting pot" process has been equated with cultural assimilation and acculturation.
  的“大熔炉”进程已等同于文化同化和同化。
• Don't we have a rich melting pot of Asian flavors?
  我们不是拥有结合各亚洲风味的大熔炉吗？
• We have been thrown into the great melting pot of the globalization.
  我们已经被投入了全球化的大熔炉里了！
• New York is the original melting pot.
  纽约是最初的大熔炉。
• Melbourne's melting pot of culture is reflected in its restaurants, cafes, bistros and bars.
  墨尔本的熔炉文化是反映在它的餐馆，咖啡馆，小酒馆和酒吧。
• Their fate is still in the melting pot.
  他们的命运仍然难以预料。