| 词组 | blow |
| 释义 | blow [blew, blown, blowing] blow away 1. blow sb away • blow away sb informal if a performance, film, book etc blows you away, you think it is extremely good and you are surprised and impressed by how good it is: ▪ Calvin blew away the audience with his outstanding performance as Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'. ▪ When I first heard this record, I was blown away. 2. blow sb away • blow away sb informal to kill someone or something by shooting them with a gun: ▪ Don't move or I'll blow you away! ▪ Clint takes out his 45 Magnum and blows them all away. 3. blow away sb • blow sb away informal, especially AmE to defeat someone or something completely: ▪ Franklin D. Roosevelt blew away presidential candidate Alf Landon in 1936. ▪ The Italian team blew them away in a thrilling game. blow down blow sth down • blow down sth • blow down if the wind blows something down, or it blows down, the wind makes it fall to the ground: ▪ High winds blew down trees, cut power, and blocked roads in Madison yesterday. ▪ Seven people were hurt at the carnival when a big tent blew down. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑blow over blow in blow in informal, especially AmE to arrive unexpectedly: ▪ Jim blew in about an hour ago - did you see him? blow off 1. blow off sth • blow sth off • blow off if the wind blows something off, or it blows off, the wind moves it from its position, especially so that it falls down onto the ground: ▪ The wind had blown off some of the tiles from the roof. ▪ Part of the barn roof blew off in the storm. 2. blow off sth • blow sth off if an explosion or bullet blows something off, it removes it with great force: ▪ The bullet blew off three of his fingers. ▪ The front part of the jeep was blown off in the explosion. 3. blow off sb/sth • blow sb/sth off AmE informal to treat someone or something as unimportant: ▪ Charles Barkley blew off the sexist remarks he made about female reporters. 4. blow sth off • blow off sth AmE informal to not do something that you had planned to do earlier: ▪ We blew out the tennis game and went out to dinner instead. ■ SIMILAR TO: ditch blow out 1. blow out sth • blow sth out to make a flame or a fire stop burning by blowing air on it: ▪ Helen blew out the candles on her birthday cake. ▪ The wind had blown out the pilot light on the stove. blow out if a flame or fire blows out, it stops burning because of the wind, or because someone has blown air on it: ▪ The candles had blown out in the wind. 2. blow out sth • blow sth out if an explosion or strong wind blows something out, especially a window, it breaks and falls down onto the ground: ▪ Hundreds of windows were blown out by the force of the explosion, but fortunately no one was hurt. 3. blow out if a tyre blows out while you are driving, all the air suddenly goes out of it because it is damaged: ▪ One of her tyres blew out and she was lucky not to have an accident. blowout n C when all the air suddenly goes out of a tyre because it is damaged: ▪ A blowout at this speed could be really dangerous. 4. blow out sb/sth • blow sb/sth out AmE informal to easily defeat someone or something: ▪ Our team blew out the Cubs 28-3. 5. blow itself out if a storm blows itself out, it ends: ▪ The hurricane moved along the northeast before blowing itself out over the North Atlantic. 6. blow sb out • blow out sb BrE informal to disappoint someone by not meeting them or not doing what you have agreed to do: ▪ If he blows you out again, tell him you've had enough. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑stand up blow over 1. blow over if an argument or unpleasant situation blows over, it is forgotten or no longer seems important: ▪ I know she's angry now, but it'll soon blow over. ▪ Rushdie stayed in hiding until the controversy about his book blew over. 2. blow sth over • blow over if the wind blows something over, or it blows over, the wind makes it fall: ▪ The owners are afraid the trees will blow over on the house during the next big storm. ▪ Rescue workers help passengers after a bus was blown over by strong winds. 3. blow over if a storm blows over, it ends: ▪ The Weather Centre predicts that the snowstorm will quickly blow over. blow up 1. blow up sth • blow sth up to destroy something using a bomb: ▪ The two men are accused of blowing up TWA Flight 103 over Scotland in 1988. ▪ Nato forces have blown up almost all the bridges over the Danube. ▪ An army bus carrying 10 soldiers was blown up by a land mine. 2. blow up to be destroyed in an explosion: ▪ Investigators are trying to find out what caused the rocket to blow up in midair. 3. blow up sth • blow sth up to fill something with air or gas: ▪ The tyre needs blowing up. Have you got a bicycle pump? ▪ Come and help me blow up the balloons. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pump up, inflate formal ■ OPPOSITE: let down blow-up adj always before noun a blow-up object is one that you fill with air and is usually made of plastic or rubber: ▪ a blow-up doll 4. blow up to suddenly become very angry and start shouting: ▪ Why did he blow up like that? He's usually so calm. ▪ Soon after our wedding, she started to blow up over the slightest thing. ■ SIMILAR TO: explode blow-up n C usually singular a sudden angry argument: ▪ After our blow-up, Larry didn't speak to me for a week. 5. blow up sth • blow sth up to make a much larger copy of something, especially a photograph: ▪ This picture is absolutely gorgeous - you should blow it up and hang it in the living room. ▪ Jerry blew up a picture of himself and gave it to his girlfriend for Christmas. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑enlarge blow-up n C a photograph or picture that has been made much larger: ▪ The evening news showed a blow-up of a spy satellite picture taken over Cuba. 6. blow up if an angry argument or a difficult situation blows up, it suddenly starts to happen: ▪ A diplomatic crisis has blown up over Nato's bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. 7. blow up sth • blow sth up usually passive to talk about something in a way that makes it seem more important or more serious than it really is: ▪ The story got blown up by the press. + into ▪ I don't know why you've blown this up into such a big deal - it was just a joke! blow sth up out of proportion ▪ The whole thing is being blown up out of all proportion by the Western media. 8. blow up if a storm or strong wind blows up, it suddenly starts: ▪ The sky's getting dark - it looks like there's a storm blowing up. |
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