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yellowcake

/yel-oh-keyk/US // ˈyɛl oʊˌkeɪk //

黄饼,黄蛋糕,黄饼的,黄糕

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a processed oxide of uranium, U3O8, extracted and concentrated from uranium ore: used as the raw material for commercial nuclear materials, especially fuel elements in nuclear reactors.

Examples

  • Unlike, say, the yellowcake hype that helped launch a war in Iraq...

  • South Africa mined uranium, and sent 500 tons of yellowcake to Israel from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.