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？
• 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。
• That's fine, you'll burn down the whole stand.
  很好，我们就把你做成烤全猪。
• You burn down a house?
  你会烧一栋房子？
• 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。
• 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 don't want to know how to burn down my house.
  我不想知道怎样烧掉我的房子。
• They threatened to burn down our house.
  他们威胁要烧毁我们的房子。
• I'm not suggesting that we burn down the white house.
  我不是说要把白宫烧了。
• 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。