音标

英 [bɜːn daʊn]；美 [bɜːrn daʊn]

意思

（建筑物等）被烧毁，通常指因火灾而完全焚毁 。

火势减弱 。

造句

The old barn burned down last night.
昨晚那座旧谷仓被烧毁了。

Lightning struck the house and it burned down within hours.
闪电击中了房子，几个小时内它就被烧毁了。

The abandoned factory burned down, leaving only a pile of ashes.
那座废弃的工厂被烧毁了，只剩下一堆灰烬。

Firefighters worked hard to prevent the fire from burning down the whole neighborhood.
消防员们努力防止大火烧毁整个街区。

After a while, the big fire started to burn down.
过了一会儿，大火开始减弱。

The small shed in the backyard burned down because of a careless smoker.
后院的小棚子因为一个粗心的吸烟者而被烧毁了。

The historic building unfortunately burned down in a tragic fire.
这座历史建筑不幸在一场悲惨的火灾中被烧毁。

They watched in horror as their home burned down before their eyes.
他们惊恐地看着自己的家在眼前被烧毁。

The campfire slowly burned down as the night went on.
随着夜晚的推移，篝火慢慢熄灭了。

The old church burned down in the 19th century and was never rebuilt.
这座老教堂在19世纪被烧毁，再也没有重建。

初学英语怎么运用

口语运用

讲述新闻事件：在和朋友聊新闻时，如果提到有建筑物失火的事件。例如：“A: Have you heard the news? B: No, what happened? A: That big shopping mall near our school burned down last night.（A：你听说那个新闻了吗？B：没有，发生什么事了？A：我们学校附近的那个大型购物中心昨晚被烧毁了。）”

回忆经历：分享自己曾经目睹的火灾场景。比如：“When I was a kid, I saw a small house burn down. It was really scary.（我小时候看到一座小房子被烧毁了。真的很可怕。）”

写作运用

记叙文写作：在写故事时，描述火灾相关情节。例如：“One fateful night, a spark from a faulty electrical wire caused the cottage to burn down. The family lost everything they had.（在一个命运攸关的夜晚，一根有故障的电线冒出的火花导致小屋被烧毁。这家人失去了他们所有的东西。）”

描述变化：在描写某个地方的变迁时，用“burn down”说明建筑的消失。比如：“The once - bustling town square has changed a lot. The old theater that used to be there burned down years ago.（曾经热闹的城镇广场变化很大。曾经在那里的老剧院几年前被烧毁了。）”

学习积累

对比记忆：把“burn down”和“burn up（烧尽；烧毁，更强调烧得一干二净）”“burn out（耗尽燃料而熄灭；烧坏，常用于电器等因过热而损坏）”对比记忆，通过例句分析它们的区别。例如：“The waste paper burned up quickly.（废纸很快就烧光了。）”“The light bulb burned out.（灯泡烧坏了。）”

情景想象：自己设定一些火灾相关的情景，然后用“burn down”进行句子创作。比如想象森林火灾、老旧建筑失火等场景，围绕这些场景写句子，如“Due to the dry weather, a large part of the forest burned down.（由于天气干燥，大片森林被烧毁了。）”

观看视频学习：观看一些关于火灾救援、历史建筑变迁等英语视频，注意视频中“burn down”的使用时机和方式，模仿视频中的表达进行口语和写作练习，增强对该短语的运用能力。