blow

verb

/bləʊ/

In sense 14 blowed

/bləʊd/

is used for the past participle.

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they blow	/bləʊ/ /bləʊ/
he / she / it blows	/bləʊz/ /bləʊz/
past simple blew	/bluː/ /bluː/
past participle blown	/bləʊn/ /bləʊn/
-ing form blowing	/ˈbləʊɪŋ/ /ˈbləʊɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

from mouth口

[intransitive, transitive] to send out air from the mouth吹

+ adv./prep. You're not blowing hard enough!你没有用劲吹！
The policeman asked me to blow into the breathalyser.警察要我对着呼气酒精含量探测器吹气。
blow something + adv./prep. He drew on his cigarette and blew out a stream of smoke.他含着烟卷吸了一口，接着吐出一股烟。

Topics Weathera2

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

hard
strongly
gently
…

preposition

from
off

phrases

blow something off course
see which way the wind is blowing

of wind风

[intransitive, transitive] when the wind or a current of air blows, it is moving; when it blows, the wind is blowing刮；吹

The birds were singing and a warm wind was blowing.鸟儿在歌唱，吹着暖风。
+ adv./prep. A cold wind blew from the east.东边吹来一股冷风。
It was blowing hard.刮着大风。
It was blowing a gale (= there was a strong wind).狂风大作。

Homophones blew | blueblew blue

/bluː/

blew verb (past tense of blow)
- The wind blew the door shut.风把门吹关上了。
blue adjective
- Both candidates wore blue jeans.两位候选人都穿着蓝色牛仔裤。
blue noun
- They chose an intense blue for the walls.他们选择了深蓝色作为墙壁。

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

hard
strongly
gently
…

preposition

from
off

phrases

blow something off course
see which way the wind is blowing

move with wind/breath风／口吹动

[intransitive, transitive] to be moved by the wind, somebody’s breath, etc.; to move something in this way（被）刮动，吹动

+ adv./prep. My hat blew off.我的帽子被风吹走了。
+ adj. The door blew open.门被风吹开了。
blow somebody/something + adv./prep. I was almost blown over by the wind.我被风刮得快倒了。
She blew the dust off the book.她吹掉了书上的灰尘。
The ship was blown onto the rocks.强风使船撞上了礁石。
The bomb blast blew two passers-by across the street.炸弹爆炸的强劲气流把两个行人刮到街的另一边去了。
blow something + adj. The wind blew the door shut.风把门吹关上了。

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

hard
strongly
gently
…

preposition

from
off

phrases

blow something off course
see which way the wind is blowing

whistle/instrument哨子；乐器

[transitive, intransitive] if you blow a whistle, musical instrument, etc. or if a whistle, etc. blows, you produce a sound by blowing into the whistle, etc.吹，吹奏（哨子、乐器等）；（哨子、乐器等）吹奏出音

the sound of trumpets blowing吹喇叭的声音
blow something The referee blew his whistle.裁判吹响了哨子。

your nose鼻

[transitive] blow your nose to clear your nose by blowing strongly through it into a tissue or handkerchief擤（鼻子）

She grabbed a tissue and loudly blew her nose.她抓起一张纸巾，大声擤鼻子。

a kiss吻

[transitive] blow (somebody) a kiss to kiss your hand and then pretend to blow the kiss towards somebody（向某人）送飞吻

shape something使成形

[transitive] blow something to make or shape something by blowing吹出（某物）；把（某物）吹出形状

to blow smoke rings吐烟圈
to blow bubbles (= for example, by blowing onto a thin layer of water mixed with soap)吹泡泡
to blow glass (= to send a current of air into melted glass to shape it)吹制玻璃器皿

electricity电

[intransitive, transitive] blow (something) if a fuse blows or you blow a fuse, the electricity stops flowing suddenly because the fuse (= a thin wire) has melted because the current was too strong（使保险丝）熔化，烧断Topics Engineeringc2

tyre轮胎

[intransitive, transitive] to break open or apart, especially because of pressure from inside; to make a tyre break in this way破裂；爆裂；爆胎

The car spun out of control when a tyre blew.车胎爆了一个，车随后失去了控制。
The truck blew a tyre and lurched off the road.这辆卡车爆了一个胎，斜冲出了公路。

with explosives炸药

[transitive] blow something to break something open with explosives炸开

The safe had been blown by the thieves.保险柜被窃贼炸开了。

secret秘密

[transitive] blow something (informal) to make known something that was secret泄露；暴露

One mistake could blow your cover (= make your real name, job, intentions, etc. known).一不小心就会让你暴露身份。
We’re going to blow his operation wide open.我们要彻底摧毁他的行动。

money钱

[transitive] blow something (on something) (informal) to spend or waste a lot of money on something（在某事物上）花大钱，挥霍

He inherited over a million dollars and blew it all on drink and gambling.他继承了一百多万美元，全部挥霍在饮酒和赌博上了。

Topics Moneyc2

opportunity机会

[transitive] blow something (informal) to waste an opportunity浪费（机会）

She blew her chances by arriving late for the interview.她面试时迟到，结果错过了机会。
You had your chance and you blew it.你本来有机会，却没有抓住。

exclamation感叹

[transitive] blow somebody/something (British English, informal) used to show that you are annoyed, surprised or do not care about something（表示生气、吃惊或不在乎）

Blow it! We've missed the bus.真该死！我们错过了公交车。
Well, blow me down! I never thought I'd see you again.啊，天哪！我以为再也见不到你了。
I'm blowed if I'm going to (= I certainly will not) let him treat you like that.我绝不会允许他那么对待你。
Let's take a taxi and blow (= never mind) the expense.我们乘出租车吧，别在意费用。

leave suddenly突然离开

[transitive, intransitive] blow (something) (North American English, informal) to leave a place suddenly突然离开（某地）

Let's blow this joint.咱们马上离开这家酒吧。

词源verb Old English blāwan, of Germanic origin; related to German blähen ‘blow up, swell’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin flare ‘blow’.

Idioms

blow your/somebody’s brains out

to kill yourself/somebody by shooting yourself/them in the head枪击头部自杀／杀人
- He put a gun to his head and threatened to blow his brains out.他用枪指着他的头，威胁说要让他脑袋开花。
- While cleaning his shotgun he had accidentally blown his own brains out.他擦猎枪时意外走火，打烂了自己的脑袋。

blow chunks

(North American English, slang) to vomit呕；呕吐

blow/clear the cobwebs away

to help somebody have a fresh, lively state of mind again使头脑清醒；使振作精神
- A brisk walk should blow the cobwebs away.轻快的散步可以使人头脑清醒。

blow a fuse

(informal) to get very angry大怒；暴跳如雷Topics Feelingsc2

blow the gaff (on somebody/something)

(British English, informal) to tell something secret, especially by mistake（尤指因大意）泄露秘密

blow hot and cold (about something)

(informal) to change your opinion about something often拿不定主意；出尔反尔Topics Opinion and argumentc2

blow your mind

(informal) to produce a very strong feeling of pleasure or shock 使某人兴奋（或吃惊）
- Wait till you hear this. It'll blow your mind.等着听听这个吧。它会让你大感意外的。
- a collection of photographs that will blow your mind将会冲击你大脑的一批照片
see also mind-blowing

blow/let off steam

(informal) to get rid of your energy, anger or strong emotions by doing something active or noisy大怒；暴跳如雷
- I went for a long walk to let off steam.我走了很长一段路来发泄情绪。
- I like blowing off steam and I like saying things that shock people.我喜欢发泄，我喜欢说让人震惊的话。

blow somebody/something out of the water (informal)

to destroy somebody/something completely彻底摧毁；毁灭
to show that somebody/something is not good by being very much better than it/them（以更加优异者）表明…不好，显得…差得多
- I like my old phone, but this new model blows it out of the water.我喜欢我的旧手机，但这个新款比它强多了。

blow your own trumpet (especially British English)

(North American English usually blow/toot your own horn)

(informal) to praise your own abilities and achievements自吹自擂 synonym boastTopics Successc2

blow smoke (up somebody’s ass)

(North American English, taboo, slang) to try to trick somebody or lie to somebody, particularly by saying something is better than it really is吹牛皮；说大话蒙人

blow/knock somebody’s socks off

(informal) to surprise or impress somebody very much使某人万分惊愕；给某人留下深刻印象Topics Feelingsc2

blow that for a lark

(also taboo sod that for a lark)

(British English, slang) used by somebody who does not want to do something because it involves too much effort（因太费力而不想干时说）
- Sod that for a lark! I'm not doing any more tonight.拉倒吧！我今晚再也不做了。

blow somebody/something to bits/pieces

to use bombs or other weapons to destroy somebody/something completely彻底摧毁；毁灭
- The plane was blown to pieces when the bomb exploded.炸弹爆炸时，飞机被炸成碎片。

blow somebody/something to kingdom come

(informal) to completely destroy somebody/something with an explosion送…上西天；彻底炸毁
- The truck was blown to kingdom come.卡车被炸飞到了西天了。

blow your top

(North American English also blow your stack)

(informal) to get very angry大怒；暴跳如雷

blow up in somebody’s face

if a plan, etc. blows up in your face, it goes badly wrong in a way that causes you damage or makes you feel embarrassed事情失败，害了自己

blow the whistle on somebody/something

(informal) to tell somebody in authority about something wrong or illegal that somebody is doing告发

it’s an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)

(saying) no problem is so bad that it does not bring some advantage to somebody没有绝对的坏事；任何坏事都会有利于某些人

lift the lid on something | take/blow the lid off something

to tell people unpleasant facts about something 揭露…的真相
- Her article lifts the lid on bullying in the workplace.她的文章揭露了工作场所的欺凌行为。

puff and blow

(also puff and pant informal)

to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth after physical effort气喘吁吁；呼哧呼哧地喘
- Eventually, puffing and blowing, he arrived at the gate.最终，他气喘吁吁地来到了大门口。
More Like This Alliteration in idioms
Alliteration in idioms
- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane

see which way the wind is blowing

to get an idea of what is likely to happen before deciding what to do看看风向；观察势头；摸清可能发生的情况

blow

noun

/bləʊ/

Idioms

a hard hit with the hand, a weapon, etc.（用手、武器等的）猛击
- She received a severe blow on the head.她头上挨了重重的一击。
- He was knocked out by a single blow to the head.他头上只被打了一下便昏过去了。
- The two men were exchanging blows.那两个人在相互厮打。
- He landed a blow on Hill's nose.他对着希尔的鼻子来了一拳。
- He felt a stinging blow across the side of his face.他感觉到脸颊上狠狠地挨了一击。
- It was the gardener who delivered the fatal blow.是花匠给了致命的一击。
- Jack caught him a glancing blow on the jaw.杰克一拳擦过他的下巴。
- The blow knocked him to the ground.这一击把他打倒在地。
- The force of the blow knocked him out.这一击力量很大，把他打晕了。
- He rained heavy blows on the old woman.他一个劲儿地痛打那个老妇人。
- The man went down in a hail of blows.那个人在一阵击打中倒了下去。
- two blows of the axe斧头的两下击打
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- hard
- heavy
- nasty
- …
… of blows
- flurry
verb + blow
- get
- receive
- suffer
- …
blow + verb
- fall
- land
- knock somebody down, over, etc.
- …
preposition
- blow of
- blow on
- blow to
- …
phrases
- come to blows
- the force of the blow
blow (to somebody/something) a sudden event that hurts or damages somebody/something, causing the people affected to be sad or disappointed打击；挫折
- Losing his job came as a terrible blow to him.失业给他造成了沉重的打击。
- It was a shattering blow to her pride.那事彻底摧毁了她的自尊心。
- The new cuts will be seen as a crippling blow for people on low incomes.新的削减将被视为对低收入人群的沉重打击。
- The recent bomb attacks are a serious blow for the peace process.最近的炸弹袭击是对和平进程的严重打击。
see also body blow
- The blow came at a meeting on Saturday.打击是在周六的会议上来到的。
- The news came as a bitter blow to the staff.这个消息对员工是一个沉重的打击。
- a mortal blow to British industry对英国工业的致命打击
- Can you stay with Cathy tonight? She's had a bit of a blow.你今晚能陪陪凯茜吗？她受了点儿打击。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- great
- huge
- …
verb + blow
- deal (somebody/something)
- deliver
- strike
- …
blow + verb
- come
- fall
preposition
- blow for
- blow to
phrases
- a bit of a blow
the action of blowing吹
- Give your nose a good blow (= clear it completely).把你的鼻子擤干净。
- Try to put the candles out in one blow.试着一口气把蜡烛吹灭。
- I’ll give three blows on the whistle as a signal.我吹三次口哨作为信号。

词源noun late Middle English: of unknown origin.

Idioms

a blow-by-blow account, description, etc. (of something)

(informal) a description of an event that gives you all the details in the order in which they happen原原本本的描述等
- He insisted on giving us a blow-by-blow account of what had happened.他坚持要给我们详细叙述所发生的事情。

come to blows (over something)

to start fighting because of something（因某事）动武，打起架来
- We almost came to blows over what colour the new carpet should be.我们几乎为新地毯应该是什么颜色而争吵起来。
- The children came to blows over the new toy.孩子们为了争那件新玩具动起手来。

deal somebody/something a blow | deal a blow to somebody/something (formal)

to shock somebody/something very much; to be very harmful to somebody/something 令…震惊；给…以打击；使…受到伤害
- Her sudden death dealt a blow to the whole country.她突然逝世，举国上下为之震惊。
to hit somebody/something给…一击；打击

soften/cushion the blow

to make something that is unpleasant seem less unpleasant and easier to accept缓解；缓和
- I should try to soften the blow of this news.我应该设法缓解这消息带来的打击。
- The chancellor may try to soften the blow somewhat with a cut in interest rates.财政大臣可能会试图通过降低利率来稍微减弱这一打击。

strike a blow for/against/at something

to do something in support of/against a belief, principle, etc.维护（或损害）某种信念或原则等
- He felt that they had struck a blow for democracy.他感觉他们维护了民主制度。