单词 | blow up |
释义 | blow up (once / 1085 pages) 1v 2v WORD FAMILY blow up: blew up, blowing up, blows up+/blowing up: blowings up USAGE EXAMPLESHis phone was blowing up in his pocket as we walked. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) The situation could look alarmingly reminiscent of 2011, when Italy’s soaring bond yields threatened to blow up the euro. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) On a hot day, one can see ash dust blowing up from the ash pond in the direction of nearby villages surrounding the plant. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1v fill with gas or air Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper inflate deflate become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air reflate inflate again billow, heave, surgerise and move, as in waves or billows expand make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity 2v to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" Syn|Hyper puff, puff out, puff up intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce expand abnormally 3v make large blow up an image Syn|Ant|Hyper enlarge, magnify reduce, scale down make smaller increase make bigger or more 4v exaggerate or make bigger Syn|Hypo|Hyper amplify, expand, inflate puff up make larger or distend increase make bigger or more 5v add details to 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper aggrandise, aggrandize, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad glorify cause to seem more splendid amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth 1v cause to burst with a violent release of energy Syn|Hypo|Hyper detonate, explode, set off fulminate cause to explode violently and with loud noise dynamiteblow up with dynamite change integrity change in physical make-up 2v burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon" Syn detonate, explode 3v get very angry and fly into a rage Syn|Hyper blow a fuse, blow one's stack, combust, 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 rage feel intense anger |
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