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。
• They will burn down your houses and inflict punishment on you in the sight of many women.
  用火焚烧你的房屋，在许多妇人眼前向你施行审判。
• To burn down this mill and return it to kang.
  烧毁这个造纸厂，回到姜那里。
• Now light the candle and let it burn down.
  现在点着蜡烛和使火焰减弱些。
• 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 watched two buildings on my block burn down.
  我目睹了我们街区中两幢楼房的烧毁。
• 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。
• 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。
• To burn down someone else's hot dog stand.
  把其他人的热狗店烧了。
• I'm not suggesting that we burn down the white house.
  我不是说要把白宫烧了。