English Dictionary

China syndrome

名詞

慣用表現 不可算名詞 可算名詞

(idiomatic, nuclear physics, uncountable) A hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and penetrates the Earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China.

日本語の意味

「China syndrome」は、原子炉事故における仮説上の極めて深刻な現象を指す。具体的には、原子炉の炉心が溶融し、制御容器や建物の床を突き破り、地下へと突き進む事態を意味する。これは核物理および事故の文脈で用いられる慣用表現であり、実際には数えられない名詞として扱われる。

After the accident, regulators feared a China syndrome that would render the surrounding region uninhabitable for decades.

事故後、規制当局は格納容器を溶かして地表を貫き、地球の奥深くへと進み続けるという仮説上の壊滅的な炉心溶融が数十年にわたり周辺地域を居住不能にすることを恐れた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, nuclear physics, uncountable) A hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and penetrates the Earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China.

The Ergen report contains an analysis showing that the high-temperature mass would sink into the earth and grow in size for about two years. […] This behavior projection is known as the China syndrome.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, countable, sometimes fanciful) A behavior, policy, or situation characteristic of or involving China; an actual or potential catastrophe, especially one involving China.

And then there is the China syndrome. […] China now represents about 20% of Korea's total trade.

意味（3）

(medicine) A rare disease, first characterized in the early 1990s, which resembles polio but which has somewhat different characteristics and occurs in persons vaccinated for polio.

Unlike poliomyelitis, paralysis in China syndrome is symmetrical. In addition, cases are seasonal.

China syndromes （ plural ）