"burn away" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 烧掉
• 烧光

Definition

因火而被完全烧毁或消失；被燃烧消耗掉。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于形容实物（木头、建筑物）被烧光，也可形容情感（如愤怒）消失。常见于描述性或文学语境。通常指完全烧掉。

Examples

The fire caused the old house to burn away.

大火使老房子**烧掉**了。

All the paper will burn away if you leave it on the stove.

如果你把所有的纸放在炉子上，都会**烧掉**。

The candle slowly burned away while we talked.

蜡烛在我们说话时慢慢**烧掉**了。

Eventually, all his anger just burned away.

最终，他的怒火全都**消失殆尽**了。

The documents burned away before anyone could read them.

这些文件在有人能读之前就**烧掉**了。

If you don't watch the campfire, it could burn away all the wood by morning.

如果你不看着营火，到早上可能所有的木头就**烧光**了。