| 词汇 | circuit-breaker |
| 释义 | circuit breaker noun[ C ] (alsocircuit-breaker)uk /ˈsɜː.kɪt ˌbreɪ.kər/ us /ˈsɝː.kɪt ˌbreɪ.kɚ/ circuit breakernoun[C] (ELECTRICAL)a safety device that stops the flow of current in an electrical circuit when there is a fault: （电流）断路器 There was a loss of power after a strong gust of wind tripped a circuit breaker. Compare fusenoun(SAFETY PART) AlexLMX/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages You always have to have a circuit breaker so you can disable the system if there is some problem. Using a circuit-breaker with an electric mower is a very good idea. Under no circumstances should the flight crew reactivate the circuit-breaker after it has tripped. Electrical components & circuitry accumulator AGM battery anode armature bandpass filter baseband chip cathode ray coil commutator conductor LED display multicelled multiconductor negative pole number pad OLED photoresist photovoltaic cell relay transformer circuit breakernoun[C] (INTERRUPTION)something that interrupts a series of events, usually intentionally because they are developing in a harmful way: Circuit breakers halt trading on the nation's stock markets during dramatic drops. For the last two years, the Democratic Senate majority had provided a circuit-breaker for the House Speaker's conservative initiatives. mainly UK a fixed period of time in which people are not allowed to leave their homes or travel freely, in order to try and stop the spread of a dangerous disease: The leader of the opposition called for a two-week circuit breaker to arrest the spike in the pandemic. A bank holiday could work as a circuit breaker to calm the market down. If the newspaper's agenda was to get rid of the Prime Minister, they have failed badly: the revelations have been a circuit breaker and let him off the hook. The whole point of the shell-company system is to act as a circuit-breaker, so that the chain of ownership goes dead. A sharp change to the value of a currency would act as a circuit-breaker and render trading in that currency unprofitable. Cancelling and interrupting adjourn adjourn to somewhere arrest break break the cycle broke dislocation diversion halt in midstreamidiom kick rain scratch scrub shut shut (something) off suspend suspended game suspensive take a break You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Passing on illness & causing disease A circuit breaker popped, and red lights blazed all over the instrument panel. When the time came to activate the device, two fraternity members had merely to flip a circuit breaker and push a plug into an outlet. circuit breaker | American Dictionarycircuit breaker noun[ C ] us/ˈsɜr·kət ˌbreɪ·kər/ a safety device that stops the flow of current to an electrical system: I cut off all the circuit breakers in the house, but I could still hear a humming sound. circuit breaker | Business Englishcircuit breaker noun[ C ] ukus a piece of equipment that stops the flow of an electric current, used to prevent damage to the wires and equipment that are connected to it: If your internet access is out, it could be that a circuit breaker was tripped during a storm. STOCK MARKET a rule that temporarily stops trade on a stock market or closes it when prices go down to a particular level too quickly: The New York Stock Exchange instituted circuit breakers to reduce volatility and promote investor confidence. There are three circuit-breaker thresholds—10%, 20%, and 30%— calculated at the beginning of each quarter. Examples of circuit breakercircuit breaker Checking the internal behavior of a circuitbreaker implies the use of expertise that is independent of any expertise about the internal behavior of a protective relay. The normal fuse of the minature circuitbreaker detects a short circuit and immedately trips out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He went out to the compound and climbed on to a circuitbreaker into which 30,000 volts were flowing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one tried to protect the ring main circuit with a residual circuitbreaker, the slightest leak on the total circuit would trip the whole of the ring main. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This allows delicate electronics equipment to be connected to an independent circuitbreaker, usually including a surge protector or an uninterruptible power supply backup. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This consists of a single pantograph, a potential divider, a vacuum circuitbreaker, a surge diverter and the main transformers high voltage terminal. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The autotransformer is connected to the bus bars by an additional circuitbreaker. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The charging station socket is dead if no vehicle is present; the pilot pin in the plug on the charger side controls the circuitbreaker. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He developed a high voltage ignition system for the motor with circuitbreaker. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A circuitbreaker contains an element that heats, bends and triggers a spring which shuts the circuit down. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. For instance, during a storm if a tree falls on a line, the system shuts itself down, similar to a circuitbreaker. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The circuitbreaker contacts are held closed by a latch. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An earth leakage circuitbreaker includes a specialized latching relay. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He had many inventions including the circuitbreaker and the coin return. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The blow-out of the arc is made as in a puffer circuitbreaker thanks to the compression of the gas obtained by the piston action. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of circuit breaker These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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