in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 pulverise
- VERB 严重损坏;彻底摧毁
To pulverize something means to do great damage to it or to destroy it completely.
- ...the economic policies which pulverised the economy during the 1980s...
20世纪80年代使经济遭受了重创的经济政策 - A factory making armaments had been bombed the night before and a residential area not far away had been pulverized.
前天晚上,一家兵工厂被炸,不远处的居民区也被夷为平地。
- VERB 彻底击败;彻底战胜
If someone pulverizes an opponent in an election or competition, they thoroughly defeat them.
- He is set to pulverise his two opponents in the race for the presidency.
他决心在总统竞选中彻底击垮他的两个对手。
- VERB 把…磨成粉
If you pulverize something, you make it into a powder by crushing it.
- Using a pestle and mortar, pulverise the bran to a coarse powder...
用杵和臼,将麸皮磨成粗粉。 - The fries are made from pellets of pulverised potato.
这些炸土豆是土豆泥球做成的。