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nuke

/nook, nyook/US // nuk, nyuk //UK // (njuːk) slang //

核弹,核子,核电,核武器

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
    • : a nuclear power plant or nuclear reactor.
    • : nuclear energy: to convert from coal to nuke.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon or to a nuclear plant.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    nuked, nuk·ing.

    • : to attack, defeat, or destroy with or as if with nuclear weapons.
    • : Slang. to cook or bake in a microwave oven.

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Examples

  • Microwaveable slippers can be nuked right up to a comfortable lounging temperature.

  • With ANC turned on, I could still hear traffic and street noise that I’d expect a more robust system from Bose or Sony to completely nuke.

  • There was a point where every single match we played, we would be getting nukes.

  • In their July 2018 Nature Astronomy paper, they mention Musk directly, shooting down his idea of terraforming by nuking Mars’ polar ice caps.

  • As a half-step toward that, others are calling a “partial nuke” or a “mini-nuke.”

  • I happen to agree that the Iranian regime is repugnant and that we'd be much better off if they remain nuke-free.

  • Here we seem to have a case of nuke-washing (or radioactive cleansing, as it were), with two possible explanations.

  • In response to the revelation the Mormon Church had donated considerable cash to the cause, cries went up to “Nuke Utah.”

  • Or perhaps, this time, the North might not explode a nuke—it might sink another South Korea naval vessel, as it did in 2010.

  • Today as well, politicians from both parties simply assume that Iran is pursuing a nuke.