blows
柯林斯詞典
- VERB USES
1. V-I When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves. 刮風(fēng)
A chill wind blew at the top of the hill. 山頂上刮了一陣涼颼颼的風(fēng)。
2. V-T/V-I If the wind blows something somewhere or if it blows there, the wind moves it there. 把…吹到; 吹
The wind blew her hair back from her forehead. 風(fēng)把她額頭上的頭發(fā)向后吹。
Sand blew in our eyes. 沙子吹進(jìn)了我們眼里。
3. V-I If you blow, you send out a stream of air from your mouth. 呵氣
Danny rubbed his arms and blew on his fingers to warm them. 丹尼搓著胳膊，向他的手指上呵氣來暖手。
4. V-T If you blow something somewhere, you move it by sending out a stream of air from your mouth. (人) 把…吹到
He picked up his mug and blew off the steam. 他端起杯子吹掉蒸汽。
5. V-T If you blow bubbles or smoke rings, you make them by blowing air out of your mouth through liquid or smoke. 吹出 (肥皂泡、煙圈等)
He blew a ring of blue smoke. 他吐出了一圈藍(lán)煙。
6. V-T/V-I When a whistle or horn blows or someone blows it, they make a sound by blowing into it. 吹 (口哨、喇叭); 吹響
The whistle blew and the train slid forward. 汽笛吹響，火車向前滑動(dòng)。
7. V-T When you blow your nose, you force air out of it through your nostrils in order to clear it. 擤 (鼻子)
He took out a handkerchief and blew his nose. 他掏出手帕擤鼻子。
8. V-T To blow something out, off, or away means to remove or destroy it violently with an explosion. 炸毀
The can exploded, wrecking the kitchen and bathroom and blowing out windows. 罐子爆炸了，毀了廚房和浴室，也炸掉了窗戶。
9. V-T If you blow a chance or attempt to do something, you make a mistake which wastes the chance or causes the attempt to fail. 使 (機(jī)會(huì)) 告吹[非正式]
One careless word could blow the whole deal. 一句不經(jīng)意的話可能使整筆交易告吹。
Oh you fool! You've blown it!
傻瓜！你把它搞砸了！
10. V-T If you say that something blows an event, situation, or argument into a particular extreme state, especially an uncertain or unpleasant state, you mean that it causes it to be in that state. 搞成 (極端局面)
Someone took an inappropriate use of words on my part and tried to blow it into a major controversy. 有人不當(dāng)借用了我說的話，想要挑起一場大爭端。
11. V-T If you blow a large amount of money, you spend it quickly on luxuries. 揮霍[非正式]
My brother lent me some money and I went and blew it all. 我哥哥借給我一些錢，我全都揮霍掉了。
12. V (of a plant or flower) to blossom or open out (植物或花)開花; 開放
13. →see also full-blown
14. to blow hot and cold→see hot
15. blow someone a kiss→see kiss
16. to blow the whistle→see whistle
V
1. N-COUNT If someone receives a blow, they are hit with a fist or weapon. (用拳或武器的) 擊打
He went to the hospital after a blow to the face. 他臉上挨了一拳后就去了醫(yī)院。
2. N-COUNT If something that happens is a blow to someone or something, it is very upsetting, disappointing, or damaging to them. 打擊
That ruling comes as a blow to environmentalists. 那項(xiàng)規(guī)定對(duì)環(huán)境保護(hù)主義者是一個(gè)打擊。
3. N a mass of blossoms 許多花
返回 blows
blow /bl??/ (blowing,blew,blown,blows)
NOUN USES