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(jī)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(gè)輪胎充氣外，我沒(méi)有做過(guò)任何汽車(chē)保養(yǎng)。
3. PHRASAL VERB If a wind or a storm blows up, the weather becomes very windy or stormy. (風(fēng)、暴風(fēng)雨) 大作
A storm blew up over the mountains. 山上狂風(fēng)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(duì)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. 誇大
Newspapers blew up the story. 報(bào)紙誇大了這個(gè)故事。
The media may be blowing it up out of proportion. 媒躰可能對(duì)此事很大程度地誇大其詞。
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。