bull·doze
verb/ˈbʊldəʊz/
/ˈbʊldəʊz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bulldoze | /ˈbʊldəʊz/ /ˈbʊldəʊz/ |
| he / she / it bulldozes | /ˈbʊldəʊzɪz/ /ˈbʊldəʊzɪz/ |
| past simple bulldozed | /ˈbʊldəʊzd/ /ˈbʊldəʊzd/ |
| past participle bulldozed | /ˈbʊldəʊzd/ /ˈbʊldəʊzd/ |
| -ing form bulldozing | /ˈbʊldəʊzɪŋ/ /ˈbʊldəʊzɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, often passive] to destroy buildings, trees, etc. with a bulldozer
（用推土机）推倒，铲平 - be bulldozed The trees are being bulldozed to make way for a new superstore.
那片树正被推土机铲除，以兴建一家新超市。 - The makeshift dwellings were bulldozed into the ground.
临时住所被推土机推入地下。
- be bulldozed The trees are being bulldozed to make way for a new superstore.
- [intransitive, transitive] to force your way somewhere; to force something somewhere
（使）强行通过 - + adv./prep. Sterling bulldozed through to score.
斯特林强行突破得分。 - bulldoze something + adv./prep. They bulldozed the tax through Parliament.
他们强行使税收提案在议会通过。 - He bulldozed his way to victory.
他一路上过关斩将，取得了最后胜利。
- + adv./prep. Sterling bulldozed through to score.
- [transitive] bulldoze somebody (into doing something) to force somebody to do something
迫使；强迫 - They bulldozed him into selling.
他们胁迫他卖出。
- They bulldozed him into selling.
Word Originlate 19th cent. (originally US in the sense ‘intimidate’): from the animal bull + -doze, alteration of the noun dose.