raze
verb /reɪz/
/reɪz/
[usually passive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they raze | /reɪz/ /reɪz/ |
| he / she / it razes | /ˈreɪzɪz/ /ˈreɪzɪz/ |
| past simple razed | /reɪzd/ /reɪzd/ |
| past participle razed | /reɪzd/ /reɪzd/ |
| -ing form razing | /ˈreɪzɪŋ/ /ˈreɪzɪŋ/ |
- raze something to completely destroy a building, town, etc. so that nothing is left
彻底摧毁；将…夷为平地 - The village was razed to the ground.
这座村庄被夷为平地。 - The woodland was razed by fire.
这片林地被大火夷为平地。
Homophones raise | rays | razeraise rays razeTopics Buildingsc2/reɪz//reɪz/- raise verb
- Raise your hand if you know the answer.
如果你知道答案就举手。
- Raise your hand if you know the answer.
- raise noun
- You work so hard, you deserve a raise!
你这么努力，应该加薪！
- You work so hard, you deserve a raise!
- rays noun (plural of ray)
- Rays of sunlight streamed through the window.
阳光透过窗户照射进来。
- Rays of sunlight streamed through the window.
- raze verb
- They wanted to raze the old town centre to make room for new architecture.
他们想把旧市中心夷为平地，为新建筑腾出空间。
- They wanted to raze the old town centre to make room for new architecture.
Collocations DictionaryRaze is used with these nouns as the object:- building
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘scratch, incise’): from Old French raser ‘shave closely’, from Latin ras- ‘scraped’, from the verb radere. - The village was razed to the ground.