bulldoze
英 ['bʊldəʊz]
美['bʊldoz]
- vt. 强迫；恫吓；用推土机清除
词态变化
第三人称单数: bulldozes;过去式: bulldozed;过去分词: bulldozed;现在分词: bulldozing;
中文词源
bulldoze 铲平，强迫
bull, 牛。doze, 给予，见donate，捐赠，给予。即给不听话的牛一顿打。
英文词源
- bulldoze (v.)
- by 1880, from an earlier noun, bulldose "a severe beating or lashing" (1876), literally "a dose fit for a bull," a slang word referring to the intimidation beating of black voters (by either blacks or whites) in the chaotic 1876 U.S. presidential election. See bull (n.1) + dose (n.). Related: Bulldozed; bulldozing.
双语例句
- 1. The party in power planned to bulldoze through a full socialist programme.
- 执政党打算强制推行一个全面的社会主义方案。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. My parents tried to bulldoze me into going to college.
- 父母千方百计逼迫我去上大学。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Last week, the department's road builders began to bulldoze a water meadow on Twyford Down.
- 上个星期，这个部门的筑路机开始将特怀福德丘陵地带的浸水草甸推平。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She defeated developers who wanted to bulldoze her home to build a supermarket.
- 她打败了那些想推倒她家房屋兴建超市的开发商们。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Was she going to try to bulldoze him into submission?
- 该死的东西!她想把他压服 吗 ?
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
