implode
verb- [intransitive]
to collapse into the centre 向心聚爆;内爆;向内坍塌 The windows on both sides of the room had imploded. 房间两边的窗户都向内爆碎了。
- [intransitive]
(of an organization, a system, etc. )组织、体制等 to fail suddenly and completely 突然崩溃 They lost money when the market imploded. 市场崩溃时,他们亏损了。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from in- ‘within’ + Latin plodere, plaudere ‘to clap’, on the pattern of explode.