crucible
noun[C]
uk/ˈkruː.sɪ.bəl/us/ˈkruː.sə.bəl/cruciblenoun[C](CONTAINER)
acontainerin whichmetalsor othersubstancescan beheatedto very hightemperatures
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Laboratory equipment
- agar
- bell jar
- Buchner funnel
- Bunsen burner
- burette
- calorimeter
- centrifuge
- collecting flask
- condenser
- conical flask
- evaporating dish
- flame test
- glove box
- graduated cylinder
- microscope
- oscilloscope
- particle accelerator
- retort stand
- siphon
- test tube
cruciblenoun[C](TEST)
formal
aseveretest
严峻的考验;磨炼Testing, checking and experimenting
- artefact
- assay
- calibrate
- calibration
- check out
- experimenter
- factorial
- feeler
- inoculate
- inoculation
- inspect
- putsomethingto the testidiom
- recheck
- reinspect
- reinspection
- resample
- road test
- screening
- trysomethingout
- welfare check
cruciblenoun[C](MIX)
formal
aplaceorsituationin which differentculturesorstylescanmixtogether toproducesomething new andexciting
(融合不同文化或风格而产生新生事物的)熔炉Variety and mixtures
- all manner ofsomethingidiom
- alphabet soup
- assorted
- assortment
- biodiverse
- hodgepodge
- hotchpotch
- hybridize
- hybridized
- it takes all sorts (to make a world)idiom
- multiplicity
- non-segregated
- odds and ends
- of every stripe/of all stripesidiom
- panoply
- sundry
- syncretism
- this
- this and thatidiom
- variety is the spice of lifeidiom