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词汇 powerhouse
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Definition of powerhouse in English:

powerhouse

noun ˈpaʊəhaʊsˈpaʊ(ə)rˌhaʊs
  • 1A person or thing of great energy, strength, or power.

    精力充沛的人;动力源

    she appears to be an intellectual powerhouse
    Germany's economic powerhouse
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But don't let that keep these nutritional powerhouses out of your daily diet.
    • One way or another, the doctor is determined to build his powerhouse.
    • He realizes how tough it is to compete against the resources of the powerhouse teams.
    • Yet, 15 years after the war, they were rapidly becoming economic powerhouses.
    • But in all fairness, Ottawa is a perennial powerhouse.
    • To the astonishment and despair of his rivals, he built a powerhouse.
    • The Redskins are perennial powerhouses when it comes to offseason commotion.
    • I turned the empire from a weakened state to a formidable industrial powerhouse.
    • She holds this difficult movie together in a powerhouse performance of quiet steel.
    • A nutritional powerhouse, kale is adored by foodies and nutritionists alike.
    • A year on, he's gone from being a political outcast to a powerhouse of campaigning energy.
    • Traditional university football powerhouses from Melbourne included Victoria and Ballarat and these looked strong and hard to beat.
    • I got very little sleep, but I was a powerhouse of restless energy.
    • That certainly isn't the case in B.C. or Ontario, Canada's other economic powerhouses.
    • Still, the movie delivers powerhouse performances, miraculous plot twists and a satisfying murder mystery.
    • New Zealand was transformed from a tiny country known for having more sheep than people to a global creative powerhouse.
    • Critics say the companies have created a powerhouse with the potential to abuse its size.
    • In their heyday in the Victorian era, these powerhouses of energy could plough 20 times faster than a horse-drawn ploughman and his team and were transported from farm to farm.
    • The result meant the Dutch didn't follow five more powerhouse teams out of the championship.
    • It's the very economic powerhouses that they seek to cripple that will be our best hope for salvation if things do start to go wrong.
    Synonyms
    worker, organizer, activist, man of action, achiever, high achiever, succeeder, hustler, entrepreneur
  • 2US dated

    another term for power station

Definition of powerhouse in US English:

powerhouse

nounˈpaʊ(ə)rˌhaʊsˈpou(ə)rˌhous
  • 1A person or thing of great energy, strength, or power.

    精力充沛的人;动力源

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He realizes how tough it is to compete against the resources of the powerhouse teams.
    • A year on, he's gone from being a political outcast to a powerhouse of campaigning energy.
    • I got very little sleep, but I was a powerhouse of restless energy.
    • That certainly isn't the case in B.C. or Ontario, Canada's other economic powerhouses.
    • New Zealand was transformed from a tiny country known for having more sheep than people to a global creative powerhouse.
    • But don't let that keep these nutritional powerhouses out of your daily diet.
    • The result meant the Dutch didn't follow five more powerhouse teams out of the championship.
    • One way or another, the doctor is determined to build his powerhouse.
    • Still, the movie delivers powerhouse performances, miraculous plot twists and a satisfying murder mystery.
    • To the astonishment and despair of his rivals, he built a powerhouse.
    • It's the very economic powerhouses that they seek to cripple that will be our best hope for salvation if things do start to go wrong.
    • Traditional university football powerhouses from Melbourne included Victoria and Ballarat and these looked strong and hard to beat.
    • In their heyday in the Victorian era, these powerhouses of energy could plough 20 times faster than a horse-drawn ploughman and his team and were transported from farm to farm.
    • A nutritional powerhouse, kale is adored by foodies and nutritionists alike.
    • The Redskins are perennial powerhouses when it comes to offseason commotion.
    • Yet, 15 years after the war, they were rapidly becoming economic powerhouses.
    • I turned the empire from a weakened state to a formidable industrial powerhouse.
    • Critics say the companies have created a powerhouse with the potential to abuse its size.
    • She holds this difficult movie together in a powerhouse performance of quiet steel.
    • But in all fairness, Ottawa is a perennial powerhouse.
    Synonyms
    worker, organizer, activist, man of action, achiever, high achiever, succeeder, hustler, entrepreneur
    1. 1.1US dated
      another term for power plant
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