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A bulldozer is a big, heavy machine with a wide metal blade on the front. The driver uses that blade to push earth, rocks, and broken buildings out of the way. Builders bring one in to land before they start work.
A bulldozer is a big, heavy machinebulldozer推土機是一種大型、笨重的機器 with a wide metal blade on the front前面裝了一片寬的金屬刀片 The driver uses that blade駕駛用那片刀片 to push earth, rocks, and broken buildings out of the way把泥土、石頭和倒塌的建築物推開 Builders bring one in建商會找一台來 to flatten land before they start work在開工前把地整平
After a storm or a fire, a bulldozer clears the mess so people can move again. It usually runs on metal tracks, like a tank, so it does not sink in mud.
After a storm or a fire暴風雨或火災過後 a bulldozer clears the messbulldozer會清出一條路 so people can move again讓大家可以再度通行 It usually runs on metal tracks它通常靠金屬履帶前進 like a tank就像坦克一樣 so it does not sink in mud所以不會陷進泥巴裡
It is not the machine with a long arm and a digging bucket — that one digs; a bulldozer mainly pushes.
It is not the machine with a long arm and a digging bucket它不是那種有長臂和挖斗的機器 that one digs那種機器是用來挖的 a bulldozer mainly pushesbulldozer主要是用來推的
People also call a person a bulldozer when they force a plan through and do not listen. That use is informal and a little .
People also call a person a bulldozer人們也會把一個人叫做bulldozer when they force a plan through and do not listen當他們硬推計畫、不聽別人意見 That use is informal and a little unkind這種用法是非正式的，也帶點不客氣
The machine name is younger than the word. In the 1870s in Louisiana, in the United States, a bull-dozer was a person who bullied and others; to bulldoze meant to scare someone into doing what you want. Later the earth-moving machine got the name, as a picture of that same ‘push everything aside’ idea.
The machine name is younger than the word機器的名稱其實比這個字本身年輕 In the 1870s in Louisiana, in the United States在1870年代美國路易斯安那州 a bull-dozer was a person who bullied and frightened othersbull-dozer指的是欺負、恐嚇別人的人 to bulldoze meant to scare someone into doing what you wantto bulldoze的意思是嚇唬別人去做你要他做的事 Later the earth-moving machine got the name後來這台挖土機才得到這個名字 as a picture of that same 'push everything aside' idea用來比喻同樣那種把一切都推開的概念
組成Originally bull-dozer (1875, Louisiana, US), in the bully-and-terrorizer sense; bulldoze + -er. The earth-moving machine was named later, as a picture of that older meaning.
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- bulldozethe verb this noun is built from: to push earth with the machine, or to force a plan through
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bulldozernoun/ˈbʊlˌdoʊzɚ/
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A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
- The bulldozer is a caterpillar tractor on the front of which is mounted a heavy steel blade which can be moved up and down by hydraulic gear. By sheer brute force it can push down trees and hedges, remove obstructions (including light brickwork) and level and consolidate newly-tipped banks.
- More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.
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One who bulldozes.
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historicalA member of a self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents.
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A bully; an overbearing individual.
bulldozerverb/ˈbʊlˌdoʊzɚ/
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To bulldoze (demolish with a bulldozer).
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To bulldoze (push through forcefully).
- They bulldozered through the crowd.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。