| 词组 | blow |
| 释义 | blow /bləʊ $ bloʊ/ noun 1. something bad that causes difficulty, sadness, or disappointment for someoneadjectives/nouns + blowa big/major blow Not being selected for the team came as a big blow.a serious/heavy blow The banking crisis was a serious blow to the economy. | The loss of his job was a heavy blow.a severe/terrible/awful blow The news was a terrible blow for his family.a bitter/cruel blow Their defeat was a bitter blow.a damaging/crippling blow Climate change could deal a crippling blow to a way of life that has existed for centuries.a devastating/crushing/shattering blow (=one that has an extremely bad effect) Losing her husband was a devastating blow.a body blow (=a very severe blow, which makes someone or something very likely to fail) The scandal could be a body blow to his political career.a mortal/fatal/death blow (=one that causes something to finish or fail completely) The star’s departure dealt a mortal blow to the show.the final blow The final blow was when the company announced that it was closing down.verbssuffer/receive/take a blow The team suffered a blow when they lost their best player.deal a blow to sb/sth The 1982 drought dealt a devastating blow to the country.deliver a blow Opinion polls delivered a nasty blow to the Tory leader.inflict a blow The arrests inflicted a serious blow to the organization.soften/cushion the blow (=make it easier to deal with) To soften the blow, the company agreed to pay them a year’s salary.prepositionsa blow to sth/sb He had suffered a blow to his pride.a blow for sb/sth The closure of the school will be a big blow for the students.phrasescome as a blow to sb (=be a blow) His sudden death came as a huge blow to us all.be a bit of a blow BrE informal (=be disappointing) The result was a bit of a blow for the team.2. the act of hitting someone or something hardadjectivesa heavy/hard/powerful blow The injury was caused by a heavy blow to the chest.a glancing blow (=hitting someone or something on the side) Their car was struck a glancing blow by a big truck.a painful blow He got a painful blow in the ribs from another player.the fatal blow (=which kills someone) They could not prove which of his attackers struck the fatal blow.verbsreceive/take a blow During the game, he received a blow to the head.give sb a blow The other boxer gave him a powerful blow to the jaw.strike/deliver a blow Who struck the first blow?aim a blow at sb/sth I aimed a blow at his nose.land a blow (=succeed in hitting someone when you try to) She managed to land one blow on the side of his head.ward off/parry a blow (=stop a blow from touching you) He raised an arm to ward off the blow.dodge a blow (=move so that a blow does not touch you) I managed to dodge the blow.exchange blows (=hit each other) The girl watched as the two men exchanged blows.rain blows on sb (=hit someone many times) Terrified and angry, she rained blows on him.prepositionsa blow to/on sth He died from a blow to the back of the head.a blow from sth/sb A blow from someone’s elbow broke his nose. | A blow from one of the men holding him knocked him down.phrasescome to blows (=start hitting each other as a result of an argument) They often argued and on one occasion almost came to blows.with one blow/with a single blow He knew how to kill a man with a single blow. |
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