destroy

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist. ambitransitive
    — The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
  2. To neutralize, undo a property or condition. transitive
    — Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate.
  3. To put down or euthanize. transitive
    — Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
  4. To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin. transitive
    — Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year.
  5. To utterly defeat; to crush. informal,transitive
    — Remember when Germany destroyed Brazil 7–1 in the World Cup?
  6. To remove data. transitive
    — The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
  7. To exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up. slang,transitive
    — This exercise is going to destroy all parts of your shoulders.
  8. To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way. slang,transitive,vulgar
    — She got destroyed by her lover on the carpet.
  9. To sing a song extremely poorly. US,slang,transitive
    — JAMES CARTER: The man's destroying a classic!
  10. To eat food quickly, hungrily or completely. slang,transitive
    — I could destroy some wings right now.

词形变化

destroys present,singular,third-person destroying participle,present destroyed participle,past destroyed past

词源

From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“to build”).
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