| 单词 | to blow sky-high |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto blow sky-high 2. to blow sky-high. extracted from sky-highadj.adv. a. To refute, discredit, or disprove (an opinion, theory, etc.). Cf. explode v. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] answerOE bitavelena1225 allayc1275 confoundc1384 concludea1400 conclusea1400 forblenda1400 gainsaya1400 rejag1402 to bear downc1405 redarguea1425 repugn?a1425 reverse?c1430 improvec1443 reprovea1513 dissolve1529 revince1529 convince1530 confute1533 refel1534 refute1545 void1570 evict1583 infringe1590 reprehend1597 revert1598 evince1608 repel1613 to take off1618 unbubblea1640 invalid1643 invalidate1649 remove1652 retund1653 effronta1657 dispute1659 unreason1661 have1680 demolish1691 to blow sky-high1819 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > severely to be sharp upon1561 crossbite1571 scarify1582 canvass1590 maul1592 slasha1652 fib1665 to be severe on (or upon)1672 scalp1676 to pull to (or in) pieces1703 roast1710 to cut up1762 tomahawk1815 to blow sky-high1819 row1826 excoriate1833 scourge1835 target1837 slate1848 scathe1852 to take apart1880 soak1892 pan1908 burn1914 slam1916 sandbag1919 to put the blast on (someone)1929 to tear down1938 clobber1944 handbag1952 rip1961 monster1976 1819 Maryland Herald & Hagers-town Weekly Advertiser 14 Sept. Correct the bad grammar, &c. lest..the ‘Bungler’ might blow me sky high. 1847 Godey's Lady's Bk. Jan. 26/1 Yer aunt blowed me up sky high, for makin such an unprudent speech. 1948 Daily Tel. 29 May 2/6 [He] blew sky-high the complacent superstition of a war-time ‘renaissance’. 1951 N. Mitford Blessing i. viii. 83 At this dinner Grace's preconceived ideas about the French..were blown sky high. 1981 Globe & Mail 29 July But the situation has changed, it seems, and the old excuse blown sky-high. 2014 Metro (Nexis) 23 May 23 A star witness has been found to blow the defendant's story sky high. b. To blow up, explode; to destroy by explosion. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst > blow up or explode to blow up1697 to blow sky-high1823 poof1915 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst > blow up or explode to blow away1523 blow1599 to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612 blast1758 to blow sky-high1823 dynamite1881 lyddite1906 1823 J. K. Paulding Koningsmarke II. viii. v. 228 If it were not for the shedding of christian blood,..I would, peradventure, blow thee and thy ships sky high. 1830 Vermont Patriot & State Gaz. 8 Mar. Two persons at the U. S. Arsenal near Baltimore were recently blown ‘sky high,’ while preparing fireworks for the 22d of Feb. 1866 Flake's Daily Galveston (Texas) Bull. 22 Mar. 6/1 Colonial outlets..afforded a political safety-valve that prevented her [sc. England's] aristocracy from being blown sky-high. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 918 The house is demolished stone by stone, not blown sky-high. 1965 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Tribune 19 Feb. c10 There was a lot of ammunition on the boat and it would have blown sky high if they fired at it. 2015 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 25 Sept. If the combined creativity of these employees had been unleashed, the roof of that auditorium would have blown sky high. < as lemmas |
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