burn down
collocation烧毁；烧为平地
The old warehouse burned down in the fire.
那座旧仓库在火灾中烧毁了。
燃烧；烧毁
Burns — third person singular of burn
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燃烧；烧毁
To be on fire or to set something on fire.
The fire burned brightly in the fireplace.
火在壁炉里明亮地燃烧。
使被火吞噬。
To cause to be consumed by fire.
被火或火焰吞噬。
To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
过热以致无法使用。
To overheat so as to make unusable.
变得过热到无法使用。
To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
burn
Base
原形
burns
3rd person
第三人称单数
burning
-ing
现在分词
burned
Past
过去式
burnt
Past participle
过去分词
The wood burns easily.
这木头容易燃烧。
She burned her hand on the stove.
她在炉子上烧伤了手。
He has burnt all the letters.
他已经烧掉了所有的信。
过去式可用burned或burnt，过去分词常用burnt。
I burned my finger when I touched the hot pan.
我碰到热锅时烧伤了手指。
She burnt the old letters in the garden.
她在花园里烧掉了旧信。
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烧毁；烧为平地
The old warehouse burned down in the fire.
那座旧仓库在火灾中烧毁了。
烧坏；烧毁
The motor burned out after hours of use.
电机运转数小时后烧坏了。
烧掉；消耗
The rocket burns up most of its fuel during launch.
火箭在发射过程中烧掉大部分燃料。
消耗卡路里
Running burns a lot of calories.
跑步会消耗大量卡路里。
熬夜工作；开夜车
She burned the midnight oil to finish the report.
她熬夜工作以完成报告。
烧掉；消耗掉多余能量
Let's go for a walk to burn off that meal.
我们去散散步消耗掉那顿饭的能量吧。
熬夜工作或学习
She burned the midnight oil to finish her thesis.
她熬夜赶论文。
断绝关系或后路
Don't burn your bridges when you leave the company.
离开公司时不要断绝后路。
过度消耗精力
He's been burning the candle at both ends to meet the deadline.
为了赶上截止日期，他一直在过度消耗精力。
与其悄然隐退，不如燃烧殆尽。（尼尔·杨歌曲，科特·柯本遗书引用）
She burned all the old letters.
她烧掉了所有旧信件。
我坠入了一个燃烧的火圈。（约翰尼·卡什歌曲《Ring of Fire》）
The toast is burning.
吐司烤焦了。
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想象字母 b 是火苗，ur 向上蹿，n 是烟囱——burn 就是‘燃烧、烧灼’。
语域：neutral 常见场景：火灾或意外起火、做饭、加热、户外日晒、机器或电器过热 该词是通用动词，正式与非正式场合都比较常见，语气通常中性。多用于描述火、高温或化学物质造成的破坏或伤害，也常指晒伤、机器过热等。日常交流和一般写作中都常用；若需更精确区分，可换用 scald、sunburn、overheat 等词语。
动词过去式有规则变化burned和不规则变化burnt
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