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

• Let's leave the fire to burn down.
  让火自己慢慢熄掉。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• To burn down someone else's hot dog stand.
  把其他人的热狗店烧了。
• You burn down a house?
  你会烧一栋房子？
• The good news is I didn't burn down your apartment.
  好消息是我没有烧光你的家。
• I'm not suggesting that we burn down the white house.
  我不是说要把白宫烧了。
• I know you hired my buddy to burn down pop's cart.
  我知道你雇我兄弟放的火。