bulldoze怎么读?

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