demolish

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion. literally,transitive
    — They demolished the old mill and put up four townhouses.
  2. To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent). figuratively,transitive
    — The Captain folded his brow into a look of intense perplexity. 'You seem exceedingly spry for a man who demolished an entire bottle of brandy and better part of an ounce of shag in a single evening.' 'And very nice too,' said the tramp. 'Now as to breakfast?'
  3. To devour; to eat up transitive
    — “Thanks, Raj.” Frank was too hungry to worry about Raj’s gob gloop on the bar, and happily demolished it in seconds.

词形变化

demolishes present,singular,third-person demolishing participle,present demolished participle,past demolished past

词汇关系

衍生词
demo demolishable demolisher demolishment demolition redemolish undemolish undemolished

词源

Attested since the 16th century; from Middle French demoliss-, the stem of some conjugated forms of the verb demolir (“to destroy”, “to tear down”), from Latin dēmōlior (“to tear down”). Displaced native Old English tōweorpan (literally “to throw apart”).
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