English主要词典
crucible
Universal Words
noun
1 a pot in which substances are heated to high temperatures, metals are melted, etc.
2 (formal or literary) a place or situation in which people or ideas are tested severely, often creating sth new or exciting in the process:
an alliance forged in the crucible of war * The Lake District in 1800 was the crucible of the new Romantic movement in English poetry.