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

• They threatened to burn down our house.
  他们威胁要烧毁我们的房子。
• Now light the candle and let it burn down.
  现在点着蜡烛和使火焰减弱些。
• I'm not suggesting that we burn down the white house.
  我不是说要把白宫烧了。
• Let's leave the fire to burn down.
  让火自己慢慢熄掉。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The one where you burn down the city and other dangerous stuff?
  摧毁城市和其他危险物质？
• Six months after Bud died, the house burned down
  巴德死后6个月，这座房子被烧毁。
• 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。