implosion 內爆

這本書至少用了" implosion 內爆"27次：《認識媒體 : 人的延伸》/ 麥克魯漢(Marshall McLuhan)著 ; 鄭明萱譯，台北市: 貓頭鷹出版, 2006

A lifelong climber, Jim Collins brings the same doggedness to his research, exploring questions like why some companies succeed and how some companies implode.

bubbleologist creating some massive bubles....

中國經濟網

“制泡專家”倫敦欲破世界紀錄(組圖)
中國經濟網
據英國媒體4日報道，人稱“泡泡製造專家”的美國男子Samsam Bubbleman近日在英國倫敦芬斯伯裏公園製造出許多巨大的泡泡，希望能打破他在2005年10月創造的最大泡泡的世界紀錄。 Samsam Bubbleman在英國倫敦芬斯伯裏公園製造出許多巨大的泡泡。



Internet advertising could fall 5% in the current quarter, research firm IDC said, the first decline since the dot-com bubble burst in 2001.


It's Wall Street, Without the Cash
NEW YORK, May 28 -- What's truly odd about the demise of a Wall Street firm, it turns out, isn't the noise of the implosion but the quiet of the rubble. A post-calamity hush has settled over Bear Stearns's Manhattan headquarters. Traders who haven't left their desks for years take two-hour lunches....
(By David Segal, The Washington Post)



Haiti's survivors scramble for basics

Haitians grew desperate for aid as survivors from the earthquake pleaded for medical care, tried to dig out loved ones from the rubble or roamed the streets looking for basic necessities.

implode
verb [I]
1 SPECIALIZED to fall inward with force:
The vacuum inside the tube caused it to implode when the external air pressure was increased.
Compare explode (BURST).

In an explosion (top), force radiates away from a source. With implosion (bottom), the object collapses upon itself (generally being crushed by an outside force).

2 to fail suddenly and completely and be unable to operate:
Their economy is in danger of imploding.

implosion
noun [C or U] SPECIALIZED 內爆

Cathode ray tube and fluorescent lighting implosion[edit]

A high vacuum exists within all cathode ray tubes. If the outer glass envelope is damaged, a dangerous implosion may occur. Due to the power of the implosion, glass pieces may explode outwards at dangerous velocities. While modern CRTs used in televisions and computer displays have epoxy-bonded face-plates or other measures to prevent shattering of the envelope, CRTs removed from equipment must be handled carefully to avoid personal injury.^[1]

Implosion of a CRT, photographed with a high speed air-gap flash

rubble
noun [U]
1 the piles of broken stone and bricks, etc. that are left when a building falls down or is destroyed:
The bomb reduced the house to rubble.

2 small pieces of stone or rock used for building