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raze v.夷为平地 Raze is most often used to refer to knocking buildings down for construction projects, but it can also describe tearing down other objects. You can raze the sand dunes in order to make the beach perfectly flat. Raze comes from the word rasen, meaning "to scrape or erase," and it sounds similar to the word erase, which can help you remember its meaning. If you raze something, in a way it has been erased — it no longer exists in its previous form. 1[VERB 动词]把（建筑或城镇）夷为平地；彻底摧毁 If buildings, villages or towns are razed or razed to the ground, they are completely destroyed.   [be V-ed]  [be V-ed to n]  [usu passive]Dozens of villages have been razed...几十个村庄被夷为平地。Towns such as Mittelwihr and Bennwihr were virtually razed to the ground.如米特维尔和本维尔这样的城镇基本上被夷为平地。

Accepted Answer

[reiz] Raze means to tear an object down to the ground. Before Donald Trump can raze that family's home to build another skyscraper, he's going to have to cut them a big check. ☆☆☆☆☆

英语单词	raze
英美音标	[reiz]
中文释义	v.夷为平地
vocabulary简明	Raze means to tear an object down to the ground. Before Donald Trump can raze that family's home to build another skyscraper, he's going to have to cut them a big check.
vocabulary扩展	Raze is most often used to refer to knocking buildings down for construction projects, but it can also describe tearing down other objects. You can raze the sand dunes in order to make the beach perfectly flat. Raze comes from the word rasen, meaning "to scrape or erase," and it sounds similar to the word erase, which can help you remember its meaning. If you raze something, in a way it has been erased — it no longer exists in its previous form.
柯林斯星级	☆☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]把（建筑或城镇）夷为平地；彻底摧毁 If buildings, villages or towns are razed or razed to the ground, they are completely destroyed. [be V-ed] [be V-ed to n] [usu passive] Dozens of villages have been razed... 几十个村庄被夷为平地。 Towns such as Mittelwihr and Bennwihr were virtually razed to the ground. 如米特维尔和本维尔这样的城镇基本上被夷为平地。

Raze Ground Word Villages Towns Razed Reiz V.夷为平地