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

• To burn down this mill and return it to kang.
  烧毁这个造纸厂，回到姜那里。
• If they don't let me leave this country now I will burn down the whole building.
  如果他们不让我现在离开这个国家，我就要烧掉整栋大楼。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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 didn't burn down your restaurant.
  我没有把你的餐厅烧掉。
• 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。