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| 1 | I if wind or air blows, the air moves （风或空气）吹，刮 |
| A strong wind was blowing across the moors. 一阵大风吹过荒野。 |
| There’ s an awful draught blowing in through this window. 一阵可怕的风从这扇窗户吹进来。 |
| | 1a | I/T if something blows or is blown somewhere , the wind moves it there （风）吹动，刮走 | | The wind was blowing snow along the street. 风沿街吹卷着雪花。 | | A man died after being blown into the sea. 一名男子被风刮到海里身亡。 | | Newspapers and plastic bags were blowing about in the wind. 报纸和塑料袋被风刮得到处飞。 | | A strong gust of wind blew his hat off his head. 一阵大风把他的帽子从头上刮了下来。 | |
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| 2 | I to push out air from your mouth （用嘴）吹气 |
| He bent towards the candle and blew gently. 他弯下腰，朝蜡烛轻轻地吹气。 |
| If your soup’ s too hot, blow on it. 如果你的汤太烫，吹一吹。 |
| | 2a | T to move something by pushing out air from your mouth （用嘴）吹动 | | blow sth off/away She picked up a book and blew the dust off it. 她拾起一本书，吹掉上面的灰尘。 | |
| | 2b | T to form something by pushing out air from your mouth 吹制；吹成 | | blow bubbles Two little boys were sitting on the steps, blowing bubbles. 两个小男孩坐在台阶上吹泡泡。 | | blow glass Visitors can watch the men blowing glass in the workshop. 游客可以观看工人在车间吹制玻璃器皿。 | |
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| 3 | I/T to make a sound by pushing air through something such as a whistle or a musical instrument 吹响；吹奏；鸣响 |
| The guard blew his whistle and the train started. 列车长吹响哨子，火车便开动了。 |
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| 4 | I/T if something electrical blows, it stops working , usually because too much electricity has passed through it （使）（电器）烧断 |
| The light bulb in the projector had blown. 投影仪里的灯泡烧了。 |
| A power surge blew all the fuses, and the house was plunged into darkness. 电涌烧断了所有的保险丝，房子变得漆黑一片。 |
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| 5 | blow I/T if a tyre blows or you blow it , it bursts （使）（轮胎）爆炸 |
| Kathy was turning the corner when one of the front tyres blew. 凯西正在转弯，这时车的一个前轮突然爆胎了。 |
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| 6 | T informal to destroy your own chance of succeeding , or waste a good opportunity 失去，浪费掉，断送（良机） |
| I’ ve completely blown my diet with that piece of chocolate cake. 吃掉那块巧克力蛋糕后我的节食计划就全泡汤了。 |
| blow it We were in with a good chance for that contract but you’ ve really blown it now! 我们很有机会得到那份合同，可是你现在却真的把它搞砸了。 |
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| 7 | T informal to spend a lot of money quickly on things that you do not need 挥霍，乱花（钱） |
| He inherited a fortune but blew it on bad investments and a luxurious lifestyle. 他继承了一大笔钱，但是他把钱挥霍在不当的投资和奢侈的生活方式上了。 |
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| 8 | T AMERICAN very informal to leave a place quickly 迅速离开 |
| Let’ s blow this joint. 我们赶紧离开这个地方吧。 |
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| - | blow sb’ s brains out informal
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| to kill someone by shooting them in the head from very close to them |
| （近距离）朝某人的脑袋开枪 |
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| He threatened to blow my brains out if I didn’ t hand over the money. 他威胁如果我不交出钱就朝我的脑袋开枪。 |
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| - | blow sb’ s cover
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| to tell people who someone really is or what they are really doing , especially when doing this puts that person in danger or spoils a plan |
| 揭开某人的面纱，暴露某人的身份（尤指因此使某人陷入危险中或破坏某计划） |
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| One mistake could blow our agent’ s cover and ruin years of careful investigation. 一个错误可能会暴露我们的特工身份，毁掉我们几年来周密的调查。 |
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| - | blow a fuse/gasket informal
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| to suddenly become very angry |
| 大发脾气；暴跳如雷 |
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| The trouble with Roy is he’ s likely to blow a fuse and hit someone. 罗伊的缺点是他可能会突然大发脾气去打人。 |
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| - | blow a gale BRITISH
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| to be very windywith very strong winds |
| 刮大风 |
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| I’ m not going out – it’ s blowing a gale out there. 我不出去了，因为外面在刮大风。 |
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| - | blow sb’ s head off
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| to kill someone by shooting them in the head |
| 用枪击某人头部致死 |
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| The note passed to the bank clerk threatened to blow his head off. 递给银行职员的条子上威胁说要用枪打爆他的头。 |
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| - | blow a hole in sth
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| 1 | to destroy part of something in an explosion 把某物炸个洞 | The bomb exploded, blowing a hole in the side of the plane. 炸弹爆炸了，把飞机的侧面炸了个洞。 | |
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| 2 | to damage a plan or idea so that it cannot succeed , or so that people no longer believe it 破坏（计划）；批驳（观点） | The new research blows a hole in theories about the evolution of birds. 新的研究批驳了关于鸟类进化的理论。 | |
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| - | blow hot and cold
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| to have positive and then negative opinions or feelings about something or someone again and again |
| 忽冷忽热；摇摆不定；犹豫不决 |
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| The government has blown hot and cold on this bill, and we just don’ t know where they stand now. 政府对于这个议案摇摆不定，我们根本不知道他们现在的立场是什么。 |
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| - | blow (it) BRITISH informal old-fashioned
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| used when you are annoyed about something , or for saying in an annoyed way that you do not care about something |
| 见鬼；糟糕 |
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| Oh blow it! Now I’ ll have to start all over again. 该死的！现在我又得全部从头开始。 |
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| - | blow (sb) a kiss
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| to kiss your hand and pretend to blow or throw the kiss to someone |
| 向（某人）飞吻 |
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| - | blow the lid off sth informal
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| to let people know something that has been kept a secret |
| 揭开某事的盖子；揭露（秘密） |
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| Her testimony may blow the lid off the CIA’ s activities in Latin America. 她的证词也许会暴露中央情报局在拉丁美洲的活动。 |
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| - | blow me
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| 1 | BRITISH spoken used when you are surprised about something 真没想到（用于表示惊讶） | Well, blow me! I never knew this was where you were born. 嘿，真没想到！我从来不知道这是你出生的地方。 | |
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| 2 | AMERICAN offensive used as an offensive way of emphasizing that you are annoyed or angry at someone . You may hear this expression but should not use it . 气死我了（用于强调对某人恼怒或生气） |
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| - | blow sb’ s mind informal
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| to impress someone very much or make them feel very excited |
| 使某人印象深刻；使某人极度兴奋 |
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| To see him perform on stage just blew my mind. 看见他在舞台上表演就令我激动不已。 |
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| - | blow your nose
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| to clean your nose by forcing air through it |
| 擤鼻子 |
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| - | blow off steam mainly AMERICAN informal
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| to express anger as a way of feeling better , although it will not help to improve the situation that made you angry |
| 发泄怒气 |
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| He knows that there’ s nothing anyone can do. He’ s just blowing off steam. 他知道没有人能帮忙。他只是在发泄愤怒。 |
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| - | blow sb/sth out of the water informal
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| 1 | to show that something is completely false or wrong 证明某人/某事完全错误 | We found evidence that blew his case out of the water. 我们找到证据证明他的论据是完全错误的。 | |
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| 2 | to defeat someone easily 轻松战胜某人 | They think they can blow their rivals out of the water with this product. 他们认为使用这种产品能够轻松战胜对手。 | |
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| - | blow your (own) trumpet BRITISH
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| to emphasize your own achievements and successes to other people |
| 自吹自擂；自夸 |
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| - | blow (sb) a raspberry BRITISH
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| to make a rude sound by putting your tongue through your lips and blowing |
| （向某人）发出呸声 |
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| - | blow sth to bits/pieces/smithereens
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| to completely destroy something in an explosion , so that it breaks into many small pieces |
| 把某物炸成碎片 |
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| The entire car was blown to bits when the device went off. 当那个装置爆炸时，整辆车都炸成了碎片。 |
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| - | blow your top/stack informal
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| to suddenly become very angry |
| 突然大发脾气；暴跳如雷 |
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| The boss will blow his top when he hears about this. 老板如果听说这件事的话会大发雷霆的。 |
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| - | blow sth (up) out of (all) proportion
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| to claim that something is much worse or more dangerous than it really is |
| 对某事过分夸大；对某事小题大做 |
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| We admit we were late with the payment, but let’ s not blow this out of all proportion. 我们承认我们付款延期了，但也不用对此小题大做吧。 |
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| - | blow the whistle
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| to tell the public or someone in authority about something wrong that you know someone is doing , especially at the place where you work . A person who does this is called a whistle-blower |
| （向公众或当局）告发，揭发 |
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| +on People should be able to blow the whistle on corruption and incompetence without losing their jobs. 人们应该能够揭发腐败和不称职行为而不致失去工作。 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌblow aˈpart |
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| 1 | to destroy something with an explosion 炸毁；炸坏 | The aircraft was blown apart by a terrorist bomb. 飞机被恐怖分子的炸弹炸毁了。 | |
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| 2 | to show that an idea is completely false or wrong 证明…完全错误 | The book blew apart the myth of their perfect marriage. 这本书揭穿了他们完美婚姻的神话。 | |
| - | ˌblow aˈway |
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| 1 | I/T if something blows away or is blown away , the wind moves it away from you until you cannot see or touch it （被）吹走 | His hat blew away on the roller coaster. 他的帽子在过山车上被吹走了。 | | She switched on the fan to blow away the smoke. 她打开风扇把烟吹走。 | |
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| 2 | T informal to kill someone by shooting them 枪杀 |
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| 3 | T informal to impress someone very much or make them very excited 给（某人）深刻印象；令（某人）极度兴奋 | When I heard that song for the first time it just blew me away. 第一次听到那首歌时我激动不已。 | |
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| 4 | T AMERICAN informal to defeat someone completely and easily 彻底战胜；轻易打败 |
| - | ˌblow ˈdown |
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| | if something blows down , or is blown down , the wind makes it fall （被）吹倒 | A big tree had blown down in the storm. 一棵大树在暴风雨中被吹倒。 | | A sudden gust of wind blew down the fence. 突然刮来的一阵风把篱笆吹倒了。 | |
| - | ˌblow ˈin |
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| 1 | I to come towards you in the air 吹来 | A cool breeze blew in from the coast. 一阵凉爽的微风从海滨吹来。 | |
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| 2 | I/T if a window blows in , or if something blows it in , it breaks into pieces that fall inside the building （把…）吹落在屋内，向内炸开 | The gale blew in every window in the house. 大风把所有的窗户都吹破了。 | |
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| 3 | I informal to arrive unexpectedly 意外地到来 | Charlie and May just blew in for a visit. 查利和梅突然来访。 | |
| - | ˌblow ˈoff |
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| 1 | I/T if something blows off or is blown off , the wind makes it come off （被）吹掉 | The roof blew off in the storm. 屋顶在暴风雨中被刮走了。 | | A gust of wind blew her hat off. 一阵风把她的帽子吹落了。 | |
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| 2 | T to remove and destroy something by shooting it or making it explode 开枪击毁；炸掉 | The soldier blew the sniper’ s arm off. 士兵炸掉了狙击手的一只胳膊。 | | An explosion blew one of the wings off the plane. 爆炸炸掉了飞机的一侧机翼。 | |
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| 3 | I BRITISH impolite to fart |
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| 4 | T AMERICAN informal to not do something you had agreed or arranged to do 没有做（承诺过或安排好的事） | I can’ t believe you blew off the exam. 我无法相信你没有去参加考试。 | |
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| 5 | T AMERICAN informal to behave as if you think someone or something is unimportant 轻视；认为…不重要 |
| - | ˌblow ˈout |
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| 1 | I/T if you blow out a flame or if it blows out , it stops burning because you blow on it or because of the wind （被）吹灭 | He blew out all 60 candles on his birthday cake. 他吹灭了生日蛋糕上全部60根蜡烛。 | |
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| 2 | I/T if a window blows out , or if something blows it out , it breaks into pieces that fall outside the building （把…）向外炸开 | The bomb blew out all the windows on the bus. 炸弹把公共汽车上的所有车窗都炸碎了。 | |
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| 4 | T MAINLY AMERICAN informal to defeat someone easily 轻松击败 | They’ ve blown out every team they’ ve played this season. 他们轻松击败了本赛季和他们比赛的每一支队伍。 | |
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| | if a storm blows itself out , it ends | | （暴风雨）停息，过去 | | | | | |
| - | ˌblow ˈover |
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| 1 | I/T if something blows over or is blown over , the wind makes it fall （被）吹倒 | The dustbins have blown over and there’ s rubbish everywhere. 垃圾箱被吹倒了，垃圾刮得到处都是。 | | Several trees had been blown over in the gale. 几棵树在大风中被刮倒。 | |
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| 2 | I if a storm blows over , it ends （暴风雨）停止，平息，过去 |
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| 3 | I if a dangerous or embarrassing situation blows over , people stop worrying about it and soon forget about it （危险或难堪的情况）过去，被淡忘，平息 | It was a major scandal, and we all hoped it would soon blow over. 这是件大丑闻，我们都希望它不久就会被淡忘。 | |
| - | ˌblow ˈup |
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| 1 | I/T if something blows up , or someone blows something up , it explodes and is destroyed 爆炸；引爆；（被）炸毁 | Terrorists had threatened to blow up the embassy. 恐怖分子威胁要炸掉大使馆。 | | The boiler blew up, wrecking the whole house. 锅炉爆炸，炸毁了整座房子。 | |
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| 2 | T to fill something with air or gas 给…充气 | We blew up lots of balloons and hung them around the room. 我们吹了很多气球，把它们挂得满屋子都是。 | |
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| 3 | I if a storm or strong wind blows up , it suddenly starts （暴风雨或大风）来临 | The race had to be cancelled when the storm blew up. 暴风雨突然来临，比赛只好取消。 | |
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| 4 | I if a serious argument or problem blows up , it begins suddenly （争论）开始；（问题）出现 | A political row has blown up over the minister’ s remarks. 一场针对部长讲话的政治争吵开始了。 | |
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| 5 | I to suddenly become angry and shout at someone 狂怒；大发脾气 | +at She just blew up at me. 她马上就对我大发脾气。 | |
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| 6 | T to make a photograph bigger 放大（照片） | They had blown up the picture to make a huge poster of his face. 他们放大了照片，用他的脸部制成巨幅海报。 | |
| | - | blow up in sb’ s face informal
| | if your plans blow up in your face , they do not happen as you expected and cause a lot of problems | | （某人的计划）破产，落空 | | | | | |
| See also | | - cobweb | | - gaff | | - sky-high | |
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