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B0339000 (blō)v. blew (blo͞o), blown (blōn), blow·ing, blows v.intr.1. a. To be in a state of motion. Used of the air or of wind.b. To move along or be carried by the wind: Her hat blew away.c. To move with or have strong winds: The storm blew all night.2. a. To expel a current of air, as from the mouth or from a bellows.b. To produce a sound by expelling a current of air, as in sounding a wind instrument or a whistle.c. To breathe hard; pant.d. To release air or gas suddenly; burst or explode: The tire blew when it hit the pothole.e. To spout moist air from the blowhole. Used of a whale.3. a. To fail or break down, as from being operated under extreme or improper conditions: The furnace blew during the cold snap.b. To melt or otherwise become disabled. Used of a fuse.4. a. Informal To move very fast in relation to something: The boy blew past the stands on his bike.b. Slang To go away; depart: It's time to blow.5. Informal To boast.6. Vulgar Slang To be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive: This movie blows.v.tr.1. a. To cause to move by means of a current of air: The wind blew the boat out to sea.b. To drive a current of air on, in, or through: blew my hair dry after I shampooed it.c. To clear out or make free of obstruction by forcing air through: blew his nose all through allergy season.d. To shape or form (glass, for example) by forcing air or gas through at the end of a pipe.2. a. To expel (air) from the mouth.b. To cause air or gas to be expelled suddenly from: We blew a tire when we drove over the rock.3. Music a. To cause (a wind instrument) to sound.b. To sound: a bugle blowing taps.4. a. To cause to be out of breath.b. To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.5. To demolish by the force of an explosion: An artillery shell blew our headquarters apart.6. To lay or deposit eggs in. Used of certain insects.7. a. To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions: blew the engine on the last lap.b. To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.8. Slang a. To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.b. To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.9. a. Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude: blew the audition; blew a three-goal lead. See Synonyms at botch.b. To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.10. a. Slang To depart (a place) in a great hurry: Let's blow this city no later than noon.b. Baseball To throw (a pitch) so fast that a batter cannot swing fast enough to hit it: blew a fastball by the batter for the strikeout.11. Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.n.1. The act or an instance of blowing.2. a. A blast of air or wind.b. A storm.3. Informal An act of bragging.4. Slang Cocaine.Phrasal Verbs: blow away Slang 1. To kill by shooting, especially with a firearm.2. To defeat decisively.3. To affect intensely; overwhelm: That concert blew me away. blow in Slang To arrive, especially when unexpected. blow off1. To relieve or release (pressure); let off.2. Slang To choose not to attend or accompany: They wanted us to come along, but we blew them off. blow out1. To extinguish or be extinguished by a gust of air: blow out a candle.2. To fail, as an electrical apparatus.3. To erupt in an uncontrolled manner. Used of a gas or oil well.4. To defeat decisively, as in a sport. blow over To subside, wane, or pass over with little lasting effect: The storm blew over quickly. The scandal will soon blow over. blow up1. To come into being: A storm blew up.2. To fill with air; inflate: blow up a tire.3. To enlarge (a photographic image or print).4. To explode: bombs blowing up.5. To lose one's temper.Idioms: blow a fuse/gasket Slang To explode with anger. blow hot and cold To change one's opinion often on a matter; vacillate. blow off steam To give vent to pent-up emotion. blow (one's) cool Slang To lose one's composure. blow (one's) mind Slang To affect with intense emotion, such as amazement, excitement, or shock.blow (one's) top/stack Informal To lose one's temper. blow/break open To get a sudden, insurmountable lead in (an athletic contest). blow out of proportion To make more of than is reasonable; exaggerate. blow smoke1. To speak deceptively.2. To brag or exaggerate.

[Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]

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B0339000 (blō)n.1. A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.2. An unexpected shock or calamity.3. An unexpected attack; an assault.

[Middle English blaw.]

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B0339000 (blō)intr. & tr.v. blew (blo͞o), blown (blōn), blow·ing, blows To bloom or cause to bloom.n.1. A mass of blossoms: peach blow.2. The state of blossoming: tulips in full blow.

[From Middle English blowen, to bloom, from Old English blōwan; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

blow up

vb (adverb) 1. to explode or cause to explode2. (tr) to increase the importance of (something): they blew the whole affair up. 3. (intr) to come into consideration: we lived well enough before this thing blew up. 4. (intr) to come into existence with sudden force: a storm had blown up. 5. informal to lose one's temper (with a person)6. (tr) informal to reprimand (someone)7. (Photography) (tr) informal to enlarge the size or detail of (a photograph) n 8. an explosion 9. (Photography) informal an enlarged photograph or part of a photograph 10. informal a fit of temper or argument 11. informal Also called: blowing up a reprimand

explode

blow up1. 'explode'

When a bomb explodes, it bursts loudly and with great force, often causing a lot of damage.

A bomb had exploded in the next street.

You can say that someone explodes a bomb.

They exploded a nuclear device.2. 'blow up'

However, if someone destroys a building with a bomb, don't say that they 'explode' the building. You say that they blow it up.

He was going to blow the place up.

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blow up1. 'inflate'

If you inflate something such as a tyre, balloon, or airbed, you fill it full of air or gas.

...a rubber dinghy that took half an hour to inflate.2. 'blow up'

Inflate is a formal or technical word. In conversation, you usually say that you blow up a tyre, balloon, or airbed.

She blew up the airbed.She would buy her son a dinghy and a pump to blow it up.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	blow up - cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"detonate, explode, set offchange integrity - change in physical make-upfulminate - cause to explode violently and with loud noisedynamite - blow up with dynamite; "The rock was dynamited"
	2.	blow up - make large; "blow up an image" enlarge, magnifyphotography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographsincrease - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"scale down, reduce - make smaller; "reduce an image"
	3.	blow up - get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit, blow a fuse, blow one's stack, combustrage - feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"
	4.	blow up - add details toaggrandise, aggrandize, embellish, pad, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatizeglorify - cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
	5.	blow up - burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"detonate, explode
	6.	blow up - exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"inflate, amplify, expandincrease - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"puff up - make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"
	7.	blow up - fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"inflatereflate - inflate again; "reflate the balloon"expand - make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"surge, billow, heave - rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"
	8.	blow up - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"puff out, puff up, puffswell up, tumesce, tumefy, intumesce, swell - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

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verb1. To be in a state of motion, as air:puff, winnow.2. To breathe hard:gasp, huff, pant, puff.3. To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure.Also used with out:burst, explode, pop.Slang: bust.4. To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise.Also used with up:blast, burst, detonate, explode, fire, fulminate, go off, touch off.5. Informal. To talk with excessive pride:boast, brag, crow, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt.6. Slang. To move or proceed away from a place:depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.Informal: cut out, push off, shove off.Slang: split, take off.Idioms: hit the road, take leave.7. Slang. To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:consume, dissipate, fool away, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, trifle away, waste.8. Slang. To pay for the food, drink, or entertainment of (another):treat.Informal: set up, stand.Idiom: stand treat.9. Slang. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil.Informal: bollix up, muck up.Slang: goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu.Idiom: make a muck of.phrasal verb
blow inSlang. To come to a particular place:arrive, check in, get in, pull in, reach, show up, turn up.Idiom: make an appearance.phrasal verb
blow upTo be or become angry:anger, boil over, bristle, burn, explode, flare up, foam, fume, rage, seethe.Informal: steam.Idioms: blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one's stack, breathe fire, fly off the handle, get hot under the collar, hit the ceiling, lose one's temper, see red.noun1. A natural movement or current of air:air, blast, breeze, gust, wind, zephyr.Archaic: gale.2. Informal. An act of boasting:boast, brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt.

Translations

使充气发脾气爆炸爆裂

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(bləu) – past tense blew (blu) : past participle blown – verb1. (of a current of air) to be moving. The wind blew more strongly. （空气）流动，吹 2. (of eg wind) to cause (something) to move in a given way. The explosion blew off the lid.吹掉3. to be moved by the wind etc. The door must have blown shut.吹动4. to drive air (upon or into). Please blow into this tube!吹气5. to make a sound by means of (a musical instrument etc). He blew the horn loudly.吹响ˈblowhole noun a breathing-hole (through the ice for seals etc) or a nostril (especially on the head of a whale etc). （供海豹等呼吸的）冰窟窿，鲸头顶的呼吸孔 ˈblow-lamp, ˈblow-torch noun a lamp for aiming a very hot flame at a particular spot. The painter burned off the old paint with a blow-lamp.喷灯ˈblowout noun1. the bursting of a car tyre. That's the second blowout I've had with this car.车胎爆裂2. (on eg an oil rig) a violent escape of gas etc. （突然）漏气 ˈblowpipe noun a tube from which a dart (often poisonous) is blown. 吹管blow one's top to become very angry. She blew her top when he arrived home late.大发脾气blow out to extinguish or put out (a flame etc) by blowing. The wind blew out the candle; The child blew out the match. 吹熄（灯火） blow over to pass and become forgotten. The trouble will soon blow over.被淡忘blow up1. to break into pieces, or be broken into pieces, by an explosion. The bridge blew up / was blown up.爆裂2. to fill with air or a gas. He blew up the balloon.使充气3. to lose one's temper. If he says that again I'll blow up.发脾气

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blow up

1. verb To destroy something through an explosion. They plan to blow up that old apartment building and replace it with shops and luxury condos.2. verb To explode something. Our poor dog is hiding under the bed because our neighbors celebrate the Fourth of July by blowing up tons of fireworks.3. verb To inflate. Can you help me blow up these balloons for the birthday party? I need to blow up one of my bike tires—it's a little flat right now.4. verb To increase in size. If you can't read the text at this size, I can blow it up a little bit more. For my mom's birthday, I blew up that picture of our entire family at my graduation and gave it to her as a gift.5. verb To lose one's temper in a display of anger. I'm sorry that I blew up at you like that—work is so frustrating right now that I have no patience left when I get home. Don't blow up at me—I didn't make that mistake!6. verb To become very popular, often suddenly. I used to think I was the only one who liked that band, but they're really popular at my school now—it's like they blew up overnight.7. verb To make something seem more important, negative, or significant than it really is; to exaggerate something or focus unnecessary attention on something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is often used between "blow" and "up." I'm sure he didn't mean anything by that comment—don't blow it up too much. Of course she's mad at me for not calling her back—you can always count on my mom to blow something up!8. verb To begin suddenly, as of a storm or other windy weather condition. The storm blew up so quickly that I didn't have a chance to move the patio furniture before it started pouring rain.9. verb To fail or fall apart. My plans of being productive this weekend blew up when I got really sick on Friday night.10. verb, slang To receive a lot of phone calls and/or text messages in a short period of time. This phrase typically uses the form "blowing up." A: "Wow, you're really blowing up right now." B: "Ugh, it's just this stupid group text. The other people in it text each other every five seconds!" The senator's phones were blowing up as his constituents called en masse to urge him to vote against the confirmation.11. noun An intense argument or disagreement. In this usage, the phrase is often written as one word. Our neighbors had a real blowup last night—we could hear them screaming at each other through the walls.12. noun A larger version of something, such as a photo. In this usage, the phrase is often written as one word. For her birthday, I gave my mom a poster-size blowup of that picture of our entire family from my graduation.13. noun A failure or collapse. In this usage, the phrase is often written as one word. The blowup of the management team was another big setback for the fledgling company.See also: blow, up

blowing up

Receiving a lot of phone calls and/or text messages in a short period of time. A: "Wow, you're really blowing up right now." B: "Ugh, it's just this stupid group text. The other people in it text each other every five seconds!" The senator's phones were blowing up as his constituents called en masse to urge him to vote against the confirmation.See also: blow, up

blow someone or something up

1. Lit. to destroy someone or something by explosion. The terrorists blew the building up at midday. They blew up the bridge. 2. Fig. to exaggerate something [good or bad] about someone or something. I hope no one blows the story up. The media always blows up reports of celebrity behavior. The press blew the story up unnecessarily.See also: blow, up

blow something up

1. to inflate something. He didn't have enough breath to blow the balloon up. They all blew up their own balloons. 2. to have a photograph enlarged. How big can you blow this picture up? I will blow up this snapshot and frame it.See also: blow, up

blow up

1. Lit. [for something] to explode. The bomb might have blown up if the children had tried to move it. The firecracker blew up. 2. Fig. to burst into anger. I just knew you'd blow up. So she blew up. Why should that affect you so much? 3. Fig. an angry outburst; a fight. (Usually blowup.) After the third blowup, she left him. One blowup after another from you. Control your temper! 4. Fig. an enlarged version of a photograph, map, chart, etc. (Usually blowup.) Here's a blowup of the scene of the crime. Kelly sent a blowup of their wedding picture to all her relatives. 5. Fig. the ruination of something; the collapse of something. (Usually blowup.) The blowup in the financial world has ruined my chances for early retirement. After the blowup at the company, the top managers called one another to compare notes. 6. Fig. to fall apart or get ruined. The whole project blew up. It will have to be canceled. All my planning was blown up this afternoon. 7. [for a storm] to arrive accompanied by the blowing of the wind. A terrible storm blew up while we were in the movie theater. I was afraid that a rainstorm was blowing up.See also: blow, up

blow up

1. Explode or cause to explode. For example, The squadron was told to blow up the bridge, or Jim was afraid his experiment would blow up the lab. The term is sometimes amplified, as in blow up in one's face. [Late 1500s] 2. Lose one's temper, as in I'm sorry I blew up at you. Mark Twain used this metaphor for an actual explosion in one of his letters (1871): "Redpath tells me to blow up. Here goes!" [Colloquial; second half of 1800s] 3. Inflate, fill with air, as in If you don't blow up those tires you're sure to have a flat. [Early 1400s] 4. Enlarge, especially a photograph, as in If we blow up this picture, you'll be able to make out the expressions on their faces. [c. 1930] 5. Exaggerate the importance of something or someone, as in Tom has a tendency to blow up his own role in the affair. This term applies the "inflate" of def. 3 to importance. It was used in this sense in England from the early 1500s to the 1700s, but then became obsolete there although it remains current in America. 6. Collapse, fail, as in Graduate-student marriages often blow up soon after the couple earn their degrees. [Slang; mid-1800s] See also: blow, up

blow up

v.1. To destroy something or someone by explosion: The soldiers will blow the bridge up. The dynamite blew up the abandoned building.2. To explode: I pressed the red button, and the bomb blew up.3. To start suddenly and with force: A storm blew up as we were walking home.4. To fill something with air or gas; inflate something: We need to blow up the tires of this old bicycle. The clown blew some balloons up for the kids to play with.5. To increase the size or scale of an image of something, as for display or in order to view it more closely: We blew up the document to make a poster out of it. If we blow the photograph up we can see more detail.6. To become very angry: My date blew up when I suggested we leave the party early.7. To exaggerate something: Don't blow the story up into such a great disaster; it wasn't that bad. It may sound impressive, but I'm sure they're blowing up what really happened.See also: blow, up

blow up

1. in. to burst into anger. So she blew up. Why should that affect you so much? 2. n. an angry outburst; a fight. (Usually blowup.) After the third blowup, she left him. 3. n. an enlarged version of a photograph, map, chart, etc. (Usually blowup.) Kelly sent a blowup of their wedding picture to all her relatives. 4. n. the ruination of something; the collapse of something. (Usually blowup.) The blowup in the financial world has ruined my chances for early retirement. See also: blow, up

blown (up)

mod. alcohol intoxicated. (see also blown away, blown (out).) You are blown as blazes, you twit! See also: blown, up

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verb cause to burst with a violent release of energy

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verb get very angry and fly into a rage

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verb to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

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