blow up

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASAL VERB If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion. 爆炸
He was jailed for 45 years for trying to blow up a plane. 他因圖謀炸飛機而被監(jiān)禁了45年。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you blow up something such as a balloon or a tyre, you fill it with air. 給…充氣
Other than blowing up a tyre I hadn't done any car maintenance. 除了給一個輪胎充氣外，我沒有做過任何汽車保養(yǎng)。
3. PHRASAL VERB If a wind or a storm blows up, the weather becomes very windy or stormy. (風、暴風雨) 大作
A storm blew up over the mountains. 山上狂風大作。
4. PHRASAL VERB If you blow up at someone, you lose your temper and shout at them. 大發(fā)脾氣[非正式]
I'm sorry I blew up at you. 對不起，我沖你發(fā)脾氣了。
5. PHRASAL VERB If someone blows an incident up or if it blows up, it is made to seem more serious or important than it really is. 夸大
Newspapers blew up the story. 報紙夸大了這個故事。
The media may be blowing it up out of proportion. 媒體可能對此事很大程度地夸大其詞。
6. PHRASAL VERB If a photographic image is blown up, a large copy is made of it. 放大
The image is blown up on a large screen. 圖像在大屏幕上被放大了。