| 单词 | pulverize |
| 释义 | pul·ver·ize (also pulverise British English) /ˈpʌlvəraɪz/ verb [transitive] 1 SQUASHto crush something into a powder 把…磨成粉 The seeds can be used whole or pulverized into flour. 这些籽可以完整使用，或者磨成粉末。n Grammar Pulverize is usually passive in this meaning.2 informalBEAT/DEFEAT to completely defeat someone 彻底打败 Stewart completely pulverized the opposition. 斯图尔特彻底击败了对手。 —pulverized adjective pulverized coal 煤粉 —pulverization /ˌpʌlvəraɪˈzeɪʃən $ -rə-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuspulverize• He has just been pulverized by a being from the other side of the galaxy and what does he do?• A towering red mist hung over them where the brick of the villages was pulverized by the bombardment.• He sued her even before she pulverized him in print.• The country, not surprisingly, preferred to wait to be persuaded rather than get pulverized in a partisan putsch.• Gladstone had recommended chewing each bite thirty-two times, so Fletcher chewed every mouthful of food until it was pulverized into liquid.• Destroy the skeleton, pulverize the bones.Origin pulverize (1400-1500) French pulvériser, from Late Latin pulverizare, from Latin pulvis “dust, powder”pul·ver·ize verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable a to powder crush into something Corpus |
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