单词 | blow |
释义 | verb | noun blowblow1 /bloʊ/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (past tense blew /blu/, past participle blown /bloʊn/) 1WIND a)[intransitive] if the wind or a current of air blows, it moves: A warm breeze was blowing from the south. b)[intransitive usually + adv./prep., transitive] to move or move something, by the force of the wind or a current of air: Her hair was blowing in the breeze. The wind must have blown the door shut.2FROM YOUR MOUTH [intransitive, transitive] to send out a current of air from your mouth: Blow on it, Danny, it’s hot. She blew smoke right in my face!3EXPLODE/SHOOT [transitive] to damage or destroy something violently with an explosion or by shooting: blow something away/out/off His leg was blown off when he stepped on a landmine.blow something to pieces/bits/smithereens The missile hit the airplane and blew it to pieces.4LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY [transitive] informal to miss a good opportunity or ruin something, by making a mistake or by being careless: We were winning, and I didn’t want to blow it. We’ve blown our chance of getting that contract. One of the actors blew his lines (=said the wrong thing).5MONEY [transitive] informal to spend all your money at one time in a careless way: I blew it all on a trip to Hawaii.6WHISTLE/HORN [intransitive, transitive] if a horn or whistle blows or you blow it, it makes a sound when you pass air through it: The whistle blew on the old steam engine. The referee blew his whistle.7blow your nose to clean your nose by forcing air through it into a cloth or a piece of soft paper8blow somebody a kiss to kiss your hand and then pretend to blow the kiss toward someone: Blow Grandma a kiss, Katie.9something blows your mind spoken to make you feel very surprised and excited by something: Meeting her after so many years really blew my mind. → see also mind-blowing10blow your top/stack/cool (also blow a fuse) spoken to become extremely angry quickly or suddenly: My father blew his top when I told him I was quitting medical school.11blow something (up) out of (all) proportion to make something seem much more serious or important than it is SYN exaggerate: This issue has been blown up out of proportion.12MAKE/SHAPE something [transitive] to make or shape something, such as a ring of smoke or a bubble, by sending out a current of air from your mouth: The kids were blowing bubbles in the backyard.blow glass (=shape glass by blowing into it when it is very hot and soft)13TIRE [intransitive, transitive] if a tire blows, or if a car blows a tire, the tire bursts14ELECTRICITY [intransitive, transitive] if an electrical fuse blows, or if a piece of electrical equipment blows a fuse, the electricity suddenly stops working because a thin wire has melted15STOP WORKING [intransitive, transitive] (also blow out) if a piece of equipment blows or if something blows it, it suddenly stops working completely: You’re lucky you didn’t blow out the whole engine.16SECRET [transitive] to make known something that should be a secret: Your coming here has blown the whole operation.blow somebody’s cover (=make known what someone’s real name or real job is)17blow smoke informal to say things in order to confuse someone, in order to gain an advantage for yourself: You have to tell them exactly what happened. You can’t blow smoke at them.18blow the whistle on somebody informal to tell someone in authority about something wrong that is happening: A few honest policemen were willing to blow the whistle on the captain.19blow somebody/something out of the water to defeat or achieve much more than someone or something else you are competing with: By then the Motown label had blown all the other record companies out of the water.20blow your own horn informal to talk a lot about your own achievements, usually in a way that other people disapprove of SYN boast: He was never the type to blow his own horn.21blow chunks slang to bring food or drink up from your stomach, because you are sick SYN vomit[Origin: Old English blawan]blow somebody ↔ away phrasal verb spoken1to make someone feel very surprised, often by something he or she like or admire: It just blows me away, the way people are so friendly here.2to kill someone by shooting him or her with a gun: One move and I’ll blow you away!3to defeat someone completely, especially in a game: Nancy blew away the rest of the skaters.blow something ↔ down if the wind blows something down, or if something blows down, the wind makes it fall: Hundreds of trees were blown down in the storm.blow in phrasal verb (also blow into something)1if a storm or bad weather blows in, it arrives and begins to affect a particular area: The first snowstorm blew in from the north.2informal to arrive in a place, especially when you are only staying for a short time: Jim blew in about an hour ago. Westheimer blew into town on business.blow somebody/something off phrasal verb1spoken to treat someone or something as unimportant, for example by not meeting someone or not going to an event: She never called back – she just blew me off. I blew off my 8 a.m. class again.2blow the lid off something informal to tell something that was secret, especially something involving important or famous people: Her book blew the lid off the Reagan years.3blow somebody’s head off informal to kill someone with a gun4blow off steam informal to get rid of anger or energy by doing something: I went jogging to blow off some steam.blow out phrasal verb1 blow something ↔ out if you blow a flame or a fire out, or if it blows out, it stops burning: Blow all the candles out. The match blew out in the wind.2 if a tire blows out, it bursts3blow itself out if a storm blows itself out, it ends4blow somebody ↔ out spoken to easily defeat someone: We blew them out, 28–0.5 if an oil or gas well blows out, oil or gas suddenly escapes6blow somebody’s/your brains out to kill someone or yourself by a shot to the head7 blow something ↔ out if you blow out your knee or another joint in your body, or if it blows out, you injure it badlyblow over phrasal verb1 blow something ↔ over if the wind blows something over, or it blows over, the wind makes it fall: Our fence blew over in the storm. The hurricane blew palm trees over.2 if an argument or bad situation blows over, it does not seem important anymore or is forgotten: Many people expected the scandal to blow over in a few days.3 if a storm blows over, it comes to an endblow up phrasal verb1 blow something ↔ up to destroy something, or to be destroyed, by an explosion SYN explode: Police cleared the waterfront before the ship blew up. Rebels attempted to blow up the bridge.2blow something ↔ up to fill something with air or gas: Ronnie was blowing up balloons for the party.3blow something ↔ up if you blow up a photograph, you make it larger SYN enlarge: I had the picture of Mom and Dad blown up.4 to become very angry with someone: blow up at She blew up at me last Saturday for no reason.5 if a situation, argument, etc. blows up, it suddenly becomes important or dangerous: A crisis had blown up over the peace talks.6blow up in somebody’s face if something you have done or planned to do blows up in your face, it suddenly goes wrong: As an inexperienced lawyer, he’d had at least one case blow up in his face.7 if bad weather blows up, it suddenly arrives verb | noun blowblow2 ●●● S3 noun 1HARD HIT [countable] a hard hit with the hand, a weapon, or a tool: blow to He was killed by a blow to the head. three heavy blows from the hammer2BAD EFFECT [countable] an action or event that causes difficulty or sadness for someone: blow to Losing the job was a blow to her pride.a major/serious/severe etc. blow This evidence is a major blow to the government’s case. Farmers coping with the drought have been dealt another blow – wind storms. The action could deal a final blow to the peace negotiations. It was a knockout blow to his career (=it made him lose his career). Republicans in the Senate dealt a fatal blow to the bill. The company suffered a blow when its biggest customer canceled their order.3BLOWING AIR [countable] an action of blowing air on something: One blow and the candles were out.4come to blows if two people come to blows, they get very angry and start hitting each other: The police were called when their argument came to blows.5a low blow spoken something unkind you say to deliberately embarrass or upset someone6soften/cushion the blow to help someone accept something that is not nice or difficult to accept: Some of the money will be used to soften the blow of budget cuts to education. → see also body blow, strike a blow to/at/against something at strike1 (20) |
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