mow down

• 动词短语，指大量杀死或撞倒人或物体，常带有残忍或不加区分地摧毁的意味。

A phrasal verb meaning to kill or knock down a large number of people or things, often violently or indiscriminately.

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1. Kill or injure violentlyinformal

   To kill or injure many people or animals in a violent, often vehicular, attack.

   碾死

   • The driver lost control and mowed down several pedestrians.
   • The soldiers were mowed down by machine-gun fire.
   • A truck mowed down a group of protesters.

   同义词annihilatebutchercut downgun downmassacrerun downrun overshoot downslaughterwipe out

   反义词preserveprotectsavespare

2. Cut down grass or cropsinformal

   To cut down grass, grain, or other plants with a scythe or machine.

   割草

   • The farmer mowed down the wheat field with a combine harvester.
   • He mowed down the overgrown grass in the backyard.
   • They mowed down the hay before the rain started.

   同义词cutmowreapscythetrim

基本动词mow