🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
BNC: 20688 COCA: 16695

bulldoze

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
bulldoze /ˈbʊlˌdoʊz/ verb
bulldozes; bulldozed; bulldozing
bulldoze
/ˈbʊlˌdoʊz/
verb
bulldozes; bulldozed; bulldozing
Learner's definition of BULLDOZE
[+ object]
: to use a bulldozer to move, destroy, or knock down (something)(用推土机)搬运,铲平,推倒
: to create (something, such as a road) by using a bulldozer用推土机开(路)
: to force (something that others might not want to happen) to be done or accepted in an aggressive or harsh way使强制实施;使强行通过
: to force (someone) to do something强迫(某人)做某事

bulldoze your way

: to move forward while forcing other people to move out of your way挤过人群
often used figuratively常用作比喻
BNC: 20688 COCA: 16695

bulldoze

verb

bull·​doze ˈbu̇l-ˌdōz How to pronounce bulldoze (audio)
 also  ˈbəl-
bulldozed; bulldozing; bulldozes

transitive verb

1
: to coerce or restrain by threats : bully
2
: to move, clear, gouge out, or level off by pushing with or as if with a bulldozer
3
: to force insensitively or ruthlessly

intransitive verb

1
: to operate a bulldozer
2
: to force one's way like a bulldozer
Choose the Right Synonym for bulldoze

intimidate, cow, bulldoze, bully, browbeat mean to frighten into submission.

intimidate implies inducing fear or a sense of inferiority into another.

intimidated by so many other bright freshmen

cow implies reduction to a state where the spirit is broken or all courage is lost.

not at all cowed by the odds against making it in show business

bulldoze implies an intimidating or an overcoming of resistance usually by urgings, demands, or threats.

bulldozed the city council into approving the plan

bully implies intimidation through threats, insults, or aggressive behavior.

bullied into giving up their lunch money

browbeat implies a cowing through arrogant, scornful, or contemptuous treatment.

browbeat the witness into a contradiction

Example Sentences

The crew is bulldozing the trees. They bulldozed a road through the hills. The governor bulldozed the law through the legislature.
Recent Examples on the Web Why not choose a genre, director or star you like and just bulldoze through their filmography? Leah Abucayan, CNN, 23 July 2022 How can a democratic system potentially bulldoze away established rights favored by the people from whom all power is supposed to flow? Frida Ghitis, CNN, 3 May 2022 City officials had also previously attempted to receive approval to bulldoze the property but did not move forward after hearing community concerns. Fox News, 28 Nov. 2021 City officials had also previously attempted to receive approval to bulldoze the property but did not move forward after hearing community concerns. Fox News, 28 Nov. 2021 City officials had also previously attempted to receive approval to bulldoze the property but did not move forward after hearing community concerns. Fox News, 28 Nov. 2021 Will the Bryant Bulldogs bulldoze their way into more March Madness? Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2022 City officials had also previously attempted to receive approval to bulldoze the property but did not move forward after hearing community concerns. Fox News, 28 Nov. 2021 Musk can’t bulldoze past regulations of this particular nature. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from bull entry 1 + alteration of dose

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bulldoze was in 1876
BNC: 20688 COCA: 16695

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime