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

• Eg. the story was about a God who wanted to burn down the town.
  故事说的是有一个神仙想烧毁这个城市。
• I watched two buildings on my block burn down.
  我目睹了我们街区中两幢楼房的烧毁。
• 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。
• They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women.
  用火焚烧你的房屋，在许多妇人眼前向你施行审判。
• I know you hired my buddy to burn down pop's cart.
  我知道你雇我兄弟放的火。
• 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。
• The one where you burn down the city and other dangerous stuff?
  摧毁城市和其他危险物质？
• That's fine, you'll burn down the whole stand.
  很好，我们就把你做成烤全猪。
• Light up the stove and you could burn down the house.
  点燃火炉的时候你可能烧掉房子。
• They threatened to burn down our house.
  他们威胁要烧毁我们的房子。