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

• 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。
• You burn down a house?
  你会烧一栋房子？
• 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。
• I know you hired my buddy to burn down pop's cart.
  我知道你雇我兄弟放的火。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm not suggesting that we burn down the white house.
  我不是说要把白宫烧了。
• To burn down this mill and return it to kang.
  烧毁这个造纸厂，回到姜那里。
• 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。
• They threatened to burn down our house.
  他们威胁要烧毁我们的房子。