单词 | blow out |
释义 | > as lemmasto blow out to blow out 1. transitive. slang (chiefly U.S.). To defeat convincingly (esp. at sport); (Jazz) to outperform (a fellow musician).The use among jazz musicians may have arisen independently, perhaps influenced by sense 14e: see Comments on Etymol. (1989) Jan. 9–10. ΚΠ 1892 W. J. Florence Gentleman's Handbk. Poker 91 When a big bet is made which drives out the other players, they are sometimes said to be ‘blown out’. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues iv. 56 Chu was sitting there and everybody started arguing as to who could blow out whom, trying to promote a [saxophone-playing] competition between Lester and Chu. 1978 Washington Post 11 June d6/6 Before the injuries, we were getting to a point where we were feeling we could blow out anyone. 1980 N.Y. Times 3 June b2/1 ‘We'll blow them out,’ said Mr. Shiel, who has already said he intends to run for Mayor. 1991 Sports Illustr. 4 Mar. 58/2 They're blowing out everybody. They are as good a women's college team as I've ever seen. 1998 Boxing Monthly Apr. 45/2 Mercer easily blows out New Jersey bodybuilder. 2. intransitive. slang. Of a person: to be unsuccessful, fail; to perform badly. Of a situation, plan, etc.: to fall through, go wrong; to come to nothing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] withsitc1330 fail1340 defaulta1382 errc1430 to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 misthrive1567 miss1599 to come bad, or no, speedc1600 shrink1608 abortivea1670 maroon1717 to flash in the pan1792 skunk1831 to go to the dickens1833 to miss fire1838 to fall flat1841 fizzle1847 to lose out1858 to fall down1873 to crap out1891 flivver1912 flop1919 skid1920 to lay an egg1929 to blow out1939 to strike out1946 bomb1963 to come (also have) a buster1968 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or come to nothing forworthc1000 folda1250 quailc1450 fruster?a1513 to come to nothing1523 to give out?1523 to fall to the ground?1526 quealc1530 to come to, end in, vanish into, smoke1604 intercide1637 to fall to dirt1670 to go off1740 to fall through1770 to fall apart1833 collapse1838 to run into the sand (also, now less commonly, sands)1872 to blow up1934 to blow out1939 1939 H. Hodge Cab, Sir? xv. 221 When a cabman puts on a theatre or restaurant rank, and gets first just as the lights go out and the door shuts, he has ‘blown out’. a1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1972) 374 Everything blew out on that Cadillac trip East, there's nothing left. 1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard (App.) Blow out, to, for a case, theory, accusation, to fall down. 1992 Atlantic Sept. 50/2 Many of these families had biological children who were doing very well. But these adopted kids seemed to be blowing out left and right. 3. North American Sport slang. (a) intransitive, (of a part of one's body) to become ineffective through injury; (b) transitive, to injure (a part of one's body). ΚΠ 1984 G. Nettles & P. Golenbock Balls vii. 92 His back blew out on him. 1984 Sports Illustr. 30 Apr. 63/2 Fingers..blew out his arm in September 1982 during Milwaukee's drive to the American League pennant. 1992 Golf Monthly May 174/1 Mediate grew up as a baseball pitcher, but turned to golf when he blew out his arm trying to snap a curve ball. 2000 U.S. News & World Rep. 24 Jan. 56/2 He blew out his knee playing basketball. 4. transitive. Chiefly British. To let (a person) down or shut (a person) out; to rebuff, reject the advances of (a person). Also: to fail to keep (an appointment), esp. deliberately, to jilt; to shirk. Cf. earlier to blow off at Additions. ΚΠ 1987 Classic Racer Summer 60/1 Then at the last minute Florian's wife..nipped over to the factory, swung the deal in favour of Florian and blew me out. 1989 Melody Maker 25 Nov. 7/4 After blowing out shows at Hammersmith Odeon by missing his Concorde flight, Jerry called up his PR people in London to say..he'd missed two more planes. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 90 We have a brief conference and blow out the meeting anyway. 1996 V. Walters Rude Girls xiii. 273 His face had a blank expression. Shree had just blown him out in a big way, but no one would be able to tell. 1999 J. Lloyd & E. Rees Come Together iii. 68 I was drunk and I'd been blown out so many times in the last hour that I'd dismissed the idea of pulling from my mind. to blow out a. To breathe hard, pant, puff. to blow out: to be winded. (Cf. sense 8.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > become weary or exhausted [verb (intransitive)] > specific forfare1393 forlie1423 to blow outc1440 flakec1500 to break one's brain, mind, wind1598 stress1756 to hit the wall1974 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become short of breath shortc1000 to blow outc1440 stuff1488 to break one's brain, mind, wind1598 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become short of breath > pant fnastc1000 puffc1300 pantc1350 fnesec1386 blowc1440 bluster1530 pech1538 pantlea1626 pank1669 heave1679 fuff1721 pipe1814 huff1881 c1440 Erle Tolous 442 in Ritson Met. Rom. III. 111 The thrydd fledd, and blewe owt faste, The erle ovyrtoke hym at the laste. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. xii. 234 At sic debait that baith thai pant and blaw. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 458/2 He bloweth lyke a horse that came newe from galoppyng. 1600 R. Armin Foole vpon Foole sig. C2v They puft and they blow'd, they ranne as swift as a pudding would creepe. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 465 Each spent Courser at the Chariot blow. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 95 The huge bush-bearded Barons heaved and blew. to blow out c. to blow out: (a) transitive to extinguish (a flame) by a current of air; (b) intransitive to be extinguished by a current of air; (figurative) to expire, die. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)] > by current of air to blow out1377 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > quench (light) > in specific way flapc1540 puff1547 purge1573 to blow out1617 spit1681 shoot1972 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > become extinguished [verb (intransitive)] quench?c1225 aquencha1250 to wax outc1400 slockc1485 slocken1535 to burn out, forth1597 extinguish1599 squench1643 to blow out1842 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 212 As þow seest some tyme sodeynliche a torche, The blase þere-of yblowe out. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 135 Though little fire growes great with little winde, yet extreme gusts will blow out fire. View more context for this quotation 1617 P. Baynes in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 29 As candles new bloun out are soon bloun in again. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. vi. iv. sig. Nn5v A Candle..inclosed in a Lanthorn..'tis in less danger to be blown out. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby viii. 65 Squeers..opened the shutters and blew the candle out. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Goose xiii, in Poems (new ed.) I. 233 The glass blew in, the fire blew out. 1845 W. G. Simms Wigwam & Cabin 1st Ser. 58 I reckon I was clean gone, if it hadn't been that she blowed out before me. to blow out a. In Metallurgy. to blow in: (transitive) to put a blast furnace in operation. to blow out: to put a blast furnace out of blast, by ceasing to charge it with fresh materials, and by continuing the blast, until all the contents have been smelted. Also said intransitively of the furnace. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > furnace or kiln > put into operation to blow in1864 society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > furnace or kiln > stop stoking or cause to stop burning to blow out1864 to fire off1884 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > explosive material > actions of explosive material [verb (intransitive)] > go off without shattering rock to blow out1864 1864 Daily Tel. 26 Oct. It was a question..of allowing half the furnaces in the district to blow out. 1881 Sat. Rev. 1 May 565 127 new furnaces have now been blown in. 1885 Law Times 79 188/2 A few workmen only were kept on until the furnaces could be blown out. to blow out g. to blow out: (of a cock, valve, etc.) to be driven out by the expansive force of gas or vapour. ΚΠ 1909 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. to blow out c. to blow out (see quot.). Said also of veins of metals; and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > of something confined > forcibly (of fluid) to blow out1857 1857 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1856–7 2 364 Quantities of the public lands were entered to cover the supposed copper mines. It has all blown out. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xviii. 333 The fluid turned aside to existing crevices, or ‘blew out’ through hollow chambers. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 109 Blow-out..a shot or blast is said to blow out when it goes off like a gun and does not shatter the rock. < as lemmas |
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