burn down

英 [bɜːn daʊn]

美 [bɜːrn daʊn]

焚毁; （使）烧成平地

机械

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG 焚毁；（使）烧成平地
  If a buildingburns downor if someoneburnsitdown, it is completely destroyed by fire.
  1. Six months after Bud died, the house burned down...
     巴德死后6个月，这座房子被烧毁。
  2. Anarchists burnt down a restaurant.
     无政府主义者把一家饭店烧成平地。

英英释义

verb

• burn completely
  1. The hut burned down
  2. The mountain of paper went up in flames
  Synonym:burn upgo up
• destroy by fire
  1. They burned the house and his diaries
  Synonym:burnfire

双语例句

• The one where you burn down the city and other dangerous stuff?
  摧毁城市和其他危险物质？
• When they invented fire insurance, in the1600s, there was a lot of skepticism because anyone can burn down their house.
  十七世纪时，人们发明了火险，当时存在很多质疑，因为任何人都可以烧毁他们的房子。
• Well, there was nothing left to do but kill the manager and burn down the laundry.
  完了，没有办法了，只有杀了经理，放把火烧掉洗衣间。
• How many buildings does she have to burn down?
  她得烧毁多少房子才行？
• Now light the candle and let it burn down.
  现在点着蜡烛和使火焰减弱些。
• It could be me that& my cabin could burn down and I would freeze to death in the winter.
  因为也许中招的会是我-，我的房子可能被烧毁，冬天我可能会被冻死。
• But we also had setbacks. You had an uncle who was once arrested. We had a house burn down. Your father lost a job.
  但是我们也有不如意的时候，你有个叔叔从前被逮捕过，我们的房子被烧毁过，你爸爸失业过。
• I know you hired my buddy to burn down pop's cart.
  我知道你雇我兄弟放的火。
• Go and burn down the factory as well!
  你们去烧我的厂！
• Let's leave the fire to burn down.
  让火自己慢慢熄掉。