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

• 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。
• Six months after Bud died, the house burned down
  巴德死后6个月，这座房子被烧毁。
• Two hundred house wre burn down in the fire which broke out yesterday.
  在昨天发生的火灾中，200幢房子被烧掉。
• I didn't burn down your restaurant.
  我没有把你的餐厅烧掉。
• Let's leave the fire to burn down.
  让火自己慢慢熄掉。
• 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。
• How many buildings does she have to burn down?
  她得烧毁多少房子才行？
• You don't want to burn down your house, but you want a cheap source of fuel.
  你不是想要烧毁你的房子，你想要的是更便宜的燃料资源。
• The next time the novelist rings the bell I will not stir though the meeting-house burn down.
  下一回，小说家再敲钟，哪怕那公共会场烧成了平地，也休想我动弹一下。