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 don't want to know how to burn down my house.
  我不想知道怎样烧掉我的房子。
• 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。
• 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。
• I know you hired my buddy to burn down pop's cart.
  我知道你雇我兄弟放的火。
• 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。
• 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。
• How many buildings does she have to burn down?
  她得烧毁多少房子才行？
• I'm not suggesting that we burn down the white house.
  我不是说要把白宫烧了。
• 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。
• They threatened to burn down our house.
  他们威胁要烧毁我们的房子。