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reactor

/ɹiˈæktɚ/· n.

科技/能源B2

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Chinese meaning

核反应堆

容róng纳nà并bìng控kòng制zhì化huà学xué或huò核hé链liàn式shì反fǎn应yìng的de装zhuāng置zhì

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利lì用yòng核hé裂liè变biàn持chí续xù产chǎn生shēng能néng量liàng的de反fǎn应yìng堆duī

Example

A program initiated by the Trump administration has allowed small companies to rush their testing of several new nuclear reactor designs.

特朗普政府发起的一个项目允许小型公司加速测试多种新型核反应堆设计。

Source: NPR · 29 Jun 2026

Background ✎

美měi国guó政zhèng府fǔ推tuī动dòng核hé能néng复fù兴xīng，简jiǎn化huà小xiǎo型xíng核hé反fǎn应yìng堆duī审shěn批pī流liú程chéng，但dàn有yǒu声shēng音yīn担dān忧yōu安ān全quán标biāo准zhǔn被bèi降jiàng低dī。

Roots · etymology

源自 react（反应）+ 拉丁名词后缀 -or

  • re-（反向）+ act（行动）+ -or（执行者/装置后缀）

Collocations

  • nuclear reactor / reactor design / reactor core

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