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单词 blow up
释义 blow up
transitive verb
1. : to rend apart, shatter, or destroy by explosion — compare blow vt 7
2.
 a. : to destroy or damage as if by explosion
  < many biographies have cruelly blown up the reputations of some of the great men in history >
 especially : to impair the validity, credibility, or significance of
  < these facts completely blew up the case against him >
 b. : to reprimand sharply or harshly
3.
 a. : to fill with or as if with air
  < blowing up a balloon >
 b. : to inflate especially with pride or self-conceit
  < they blew him up to ridiculous proportions with their childish adulation >
 c. : to expand (as a relatively minor issue) to unreasonable proportions
  < it is easy to blow up the medical school out of all proportion to its place in the university structure — Morley Callaghan >
4.
 a. : to bring into existence (bad weather) — usually used with it as an impersonal nominative
  < it looks as though it may blow up a storm by nightfall >
 b. archaic : to stir up (as animosity, discord, anger) : excite, arouse
5.
 a. : to make an enlargement of (as a photograph)
 b. : to enlarge an image of a motion-picture film by optical printing from (a smaller one)
  < he blew up an 8 mm to a 16 mm film >
 c. : to enlarge (as original copy or cuts) photographically
intransitive verb
1.
 a. of explosives : explode
  < all the charges blew up at once >
 b. : to be disrupted by explosion
  < it looked as though half the town had blown up >
2.
 a. : to be destroyed as if by explosion
  < saw his academic career blow up in a tabloid scandal — Time >
 b. : fail, collapse; especially : to fail to stand up under careful scrutiny or stress
  < on further investigation the case blew up >
  < many an experienced player blows up in his lines on opening night >
 c. : to lose self-control; especially : to become violently angry or abusive
  < he finally blew up and fairly screamed with rage >
3.
 a. : to become filled with or as if with air : swell
  < this tire won't blow up, the valve must be blocked >
 b. : to become expanded especially to unreasonable proportions
  < this matter could blow up out of sight if someone doesn't set it straight >
4.
 a. of bad weather : to come in on or as if on a blowing of wind — often used with it as an impersonal nominative
  < it's going to blow up cold >
 b. : to come to the fore : appear suddenly or unexpectedly : arise without warning
  < where will the next international crisis blow up >
  < a foolish argument blew up >

- blow up in one's face
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