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 blow [blo]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 吹, 打击, 殴打, 花开

vt. 吹, 风吹, 吹响, 开花

vi. 吹, 风吹, 吹响, 开花

[机] 吹疵


  1. It was a great blow to her when her mother died.
    她母亲去世对她是个沉重的打击。
  2. It's blowing hard tonight.
    今晚风大得很。
  3. He gave us a blow-by-blow account of the evening's events.
    他给我们详细叙述了晚间的赛事。


blow
blew, blown
[ noun ]
  1. a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon

  2. <noun.act>
    a blow on the head
  3. an impact (as from a collision)

  4. <noun.event>
    the bump threw him off the bicycle
  5. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

  6. <noun.event>
  7. an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

  8. <noun.event>
    it came as a shock to learn that he was injured
  9. a strong current of air

  10. <noun.phenomenon>
    the tree was bent almost double by the gust
  11. street names for cocaine

  12. <noun.artifact>
  13. forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

  14. <noun.act>
    he gave his nose a loud blow
    he blew out all the candles with a single puff
[ verb ]
  1. exhale hard

  2. <verb.body>
    blow on the soup to cool it down
  3. be blowing or storming

  4. <verb.weather>
    The wind blew from the West
  5. free of obstruction by blowing air through

  6. <verb.body>
    blow one's nose
  7. be in motion due to some air or water current

  8. <verb.motion> be adrift drift float
    The leaves were blowing in the wind
    the boat drifted on the lake
    The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
    the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
  9. make a sound as if blown

  10. <verb.perception>
    The whistle blew
  11. shape by blowing

  12. <verb.change>
    Blow a glass vase
  13. make a mess of, destroy or ruin

  14. <verb.social>
    ball up bobble bodge bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up botch botch up bumble bungle flub fluff foul up fuck up fumble louse up mess up mishandle muck up muff screw up spoil
    I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
    the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
  15. spend thoughtlessly; throw away

  16. <verb.possession>
    squander waste
    He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
    You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
  17. spend lavishly or wastefully on

  18. <verb.possession>
    He blew a lot of money on his new home theater
  19. sound by having air expelled through a tube

  20. <verb.perception>
    The trumpets blew
  21. play or sound a wind instrument

  22. <verb.perception>
    She blew the horn
  23. provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

  24. <verb.perception>
    fellate go down on suck
  25. cause air to go in, on, or through

  26. <verb.motion>
    Blow my hair dry
  27. cause to move by means of an air current

  28. <verb.motion>
    The wind blew the leaves around in the yard
  29. spout moist air from the blowhole

  30. <verb.motion>
    The whales blew
  31. leave; informal or rude

  32. <verb.motion>
    shove along shove off
    shove off!
    The children shoved along
    Blow now!
  33. lay eggs

  34. <verb.contact>
    certain insects are said to blow
  35. cause to be revealed and jeopardized

  36. <verb.communication>
    The story blew their cover
    The double agent was blown by the other side
  37. show off

  38. <verb.communication>
    bluster boast brag gas gasconade shoot a line swash tout vaunt
  39. allow to regain its breath

  40. <verb.communication>
    blow a horse
  41. melt, break, or become otherwise unusable

  42. <verb.change>
    blow out burn out
    The lightbulbs blew out
    The fuse blew
  43. burst suddenly

  44. <verb.change>
    The tire blew
    We blew a tire


Blow \Blow\ (bl[=o]), v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[=u]); p. p. {Blown}
(bl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blowen, AS.
bl[=o]wan to blossom; akin to OS. bl[=o]jan, D. bloeijen,
OHG. pluojan, MHG. bl["u]ejen, G. bl["u]hen, L. florere to
flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. {Blow} to puff,
{Flourish}.]
To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

How blows the citron grove. --Milton.


Blow \Blow\, v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[=u]); p. p. {Blown}
(bl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blawen, blowen,
AS. bl[=a]wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl[=a]jan, G.
bl["a]hen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr.
'ekflai`nein to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate,
etc., and perh. blow to bloom.]
1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move
rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.

Hark how it rains and blows ! --Walton.

2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth
or from a pair of bellows.

3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and
blowing. --Shak.

4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.

There let the pealing organ blow. --Milton.

5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.

6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in
from the street.

The grass blows from their graves to thy own. --M.
Arnold.

7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.]

You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything
to my face. --Bartlett.

8. To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical
circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes
used with out; -- used of light bulbs, electronic
components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out.
[PJC]

9. To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out;
-- of inflatable tires.
[PJC]

{To blow hot and cold} (a saying derived from a fable of
[AE]sop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it
coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to
oppose.

{To blow off}, to let steam escape through a passage provided
for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off.


{To blow out}.
(a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or
vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out.
(b) To talk violently or abusively. [Low]

{To blow over}, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be
dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over.


{To blow up}, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as
by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of
steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam
boiler blows up. ``The enemy's magazines blew up.''
--Tatler.


Blow \Blow\, v. t.
To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).

The odorous banks, that blow
Flowers of more mingled hue. --Milton.


Blow \Blow\, n. (Bot.)
A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of
blossoms. ``Such a blow of tulips.'' --Tatler.


Blow \Blow\, n. [OE. blaw, blowe; cf. OHG. bliuwan, pliuwan, to
beat, G. bl["a]uen, Goth. bliggwan.]
1. A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument,
as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.

Well struck ! there was blow for blow. --Shak.

2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp]. --T.
Arnold.

3. The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which
produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss
(esp. when sudden); a buffet.

A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows.
--Shak.

{At a blow}, suddenly; at one effort; by a single vigorous
act. ``They lose a province at a blow.'' --Dryden.

{To come to blows}, to engage in combat; to fight; -- said of
individuals, armies, and nations.

Syn: Stroke; knock; shock; misfortune.


Blow \Blow\, v. t.
1. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other
means; as, to blow the fire.

2. To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew
the ship ashore.

Off at sea northeast winds blow
Sabean odors from the spicy shore. --Milton.

3. To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth,
or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as,
to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ; to blow a horn.

Hath she no husband
That will take pains to blow a horn before her?
--Shak.

Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise,
Then cast it off to float upon the skies. --Parnell.

4. To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow
an egg; to blow one's nose.

5. To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually
with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a
building.

6. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose; to reveal,
intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's
cover.

Through the court his courtesy was blown. --Dryden.

His language does his knowledge blow. --Whiting.

7. To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to
blow bubbles; to blow glass.

8. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

Look how imagination blows him. --Shak.

9. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as,
to blow a horse. --Sir W. Scott.

10. To deposit eggs or larv[ae] upon, or in (meat, etc.).

To suffer
The flesh fly blow my mouth. --Shak.

11. To perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's
penis with one's mouth; -- usually considered vulgar.
[slang]
[PJC]

12. to smoke (e. g. marijuana); to blow pot. [colloq.]
[PJC]

13. to botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job
by showing up late for the interview. [colloq.]
[PJC]

14. to leave; to depart from; as, to blow town. [slang]
[PJC]

15. to squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling.
[colloq.]
[PJC]

{To blow great guns}, to blow furiously and with roaring
blasts; -- said of the wind at sea or along the coast.

{To blow off}, to empty (a boiler) of water through the
blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject
(steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler.

{To blow one's own trumpet}, to vaunt one's own exploits, or
sound one's own praises.

{To blow out}, to extinguish by a current of air, as a
candle.

{To blow up}.
(a) To fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder
or bubble.
(b) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to
puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. ``Blown up
with high conceits engendering pride.'' --Milton.
(c) To excite; as, to blow up a contention.
(d) To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an
explosion; as, to blow up a fort.
(e) To scold violently; as, to blow up a person for some
offense. [Colloq.]

I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I
wink at what he does. --G. Eliot.

{To blow upon}.
(a) To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to
render stale, unsavory, or worthless.
(b) To inform against. [Colloq.]

How far the very custom of hearing anything
spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage,
may be seen in those speeches from
[Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in
the mouths of schoolboys. --C. Lamb.

A lady's maid whose character had been blown
upon. --Macaulay.


Blow \Blow\, n.
1. A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale;
as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.

2. The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from
some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or
horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.

3. The spouting of a whale.

4. (Metal.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer
converter. --Raymond.

5. An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or
the act of depositing it. --Chapman.

  1. The class system, that mysterious code the British like to believe is uniquely their own, has suffered a double blow in recent days.
  2. But the Reserve Officers Association and others say that not using combat reserves is a fierce blow to the morale of these citizen soldiers who train with active units and are required by law to be ready to mobilize in times of crisis.
  3. Integrated Resources Inc., a struggling financial concern, was dealt another blow when Whitehall Financial Group said it could not obtain financing to buy Integrated's core financial services businesses.
  4. The 124-year-old firm suffered a major blow to its reputation when it became embroiled in the Ivan Boesky insider trading scandal. Kidder agreed in 1987 to pay a then-record $25.3 million settle civil charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  5. The journalist who spoke with the Iraqi leader in Baghdad on Saturday said Saddam told him "Tel Aviv would receive the first blow in the case of a gulf war," whether or not Israel joined any multinational strike against Iraq.
  6. Another mummy had a fractured right forearm, "perhaps from warding off a blow," Dr. Marx speculates.
  7. The scandal was a blow for Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his coalition government.
  8. The press coverage has been very hurtful: it's a bit like taking a blow in the stomach because of the way it's been conducted, certainly from the other side.
  9. In fact, the feeling often is like a boxing match, with first one contender and then the other striking a blow for his or her life style or point of view while the crowd applauds.
  10. A crowd police estimated at more than 20,000 gathered nearby for a later rally protesting a blow by the national party leadership to the effort by Slobodan Milosevic, Communist Party chief of the Serbian republic, to gain more control over Kosovo.
  11. Jackson's endorsement seemed like the final blow.
  12. Democrats applauded the action as a blow against South Africa's apartheid system of forced racial separation, but said they hoped the measure would enjoy stronger Republican support when it is put to a vote in the full Senate.
  13. "It was scary _ you never really knew who you were up against," said the 23-year-old father of three. "Every now and then someone would wave and blow a kiss.
  14. The discounts are a blow to expansion plans such as those at Delta, which would acquire routes to London from Detroit and Miami if its proposed $515 million purchase of certain Pan Am Corp. assets is successful.
  15. The referee stopped that one after one knockdown because it was a clean head blow, and amateur rules say one of those is enough.
  16. The decision is a blow to the Bush administration's heavily advertised assault on restrictive trade practices by foreign companies and governments.
  17. "It's a major blow.
  18. Police said a blow with a blunt instrument fractured Staiasz' skull and caused his death.
  19. Supernovas are dying stars that blow up and eject matter in all directions.
  20. But rural lawmakers called the bill another blow to the declining tobacco industry.
  21. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION The court, dealing a serious blow to some forms of affirmative action, today struck down a Richmond, Va., program aimed at helping construction industry businesses owned by minorities.
  22. Cumbria County Council called the job cuts 'a major blow'.
  23. The exchange also softened the blow for Richard A. Grasso, who had been actively lobbying to succeed Mr. Phelan.
  24. Chop 'em, burn 'em or plow them under, but get rid of them before the next westerly wind starts to blow.
  25. Failure to complete the Uruguay Round would be a further serious blow to confidence.
  26. The GAO probe was the third blow sustained by the facility this week.
  27. Other Continental banks, seeking to develop their corporate finance and international equity businesses, may feel under pressure to follow suit. The decision is undoubtedly a blow to Frankfurt.
  28. But there is no doubt that the fire is seen by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead as another blow to tourism on which the area is heavily dependent, and which has been battered by recession.
  29. This is but the latest blow to the Soviet leader's efforts to unify the Communist Party before the June 28 party conference, where he hopes to push through far-reaching political and legal reforms.
  30. The judge's order for limited discovery dealt a blow to the defendants, who had requested access to all the evidence gathered by the states during their two-year investigation.
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