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

• 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。
• It's a real melting pot where different cultures brainstorm ideas.
  这是一个真正的熔炉，不同的文化在此交融，并迸发出灵感。
• Shenzhen is a melting pot, where you can enjoy various tasty foods from all over the country.
  深圳是一个大熔炉，所以在这里你可以品尝到全国各地的美食。
• As in Japan, philosophy in China has become a melting pot of ideas.
  正如在日本，哲学在中国已成为一个大熔炉的想法。
• Such a melting pot, on the corner selling rock, preachers pray to God.
  像这样的一个大熔炉，有人在街角贩毒，也有牧师在向上帝祷告。
• Us expatriates are adding flavours to the melting pot.
  海外美国人正为这个大熔炉增添了新的气息。
• 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。
• Cairo, the cradle of civilization, the Melting Pot of Ancient and Modern Egyptian Civilizations.
  开罗，文明的摇篮，埃及古老文明和现代文明的大熔炉。
• New York is the original melting pot.
  纽约是最初的大熔炉。
• On the other hand, our country is big melting pot of different and rich culture.
  从另一方面也说明，我们的国家也是很多不同文化的熔炉。