| 词汇 | burn down |
| 释义 | burn downburn down phrasal verbphr v a) BURNif a building burns down or is burned down, it is destroyed by fire 〔建筑物〕（被）烧毁 She was worried that the house might burn down while they were away. 她担心他们不在的时候房子会被烧毁。 burn something ↔ down The old town hall was burnt down in the 1970s. 旧市政厅在 20世纪70年代的时候被大火烧毁了。 b) BURNLESSif a fire burns down, the flames become weaker and it produces less heat 〔火势〕减弱 Examples from the Corpus burn down• Charlene has lived with relatives since her house burned down.• The hotel burnt down in 1990.• Police believe students are responsible for burning down the school.• Her ex-husband threatened to burn the house down with her and the kids inside. → burn down at burn1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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