/bləʊ ||; blo/verb (
past tense blew /blu:
||; blu/
past participle blown /bləʊn
||; blon/)
1 [I,T] (used about wind, air, etc) to be moving or to cause sth to move （指风、气流等）吹，刮: A gentle breeze was blowing. 微风轻拂。
2 [I] to move because of the wind or a current of air 被风吹动: The balloons blew away. 气球给吹走了。My papers blew all over the garden. 我的文档给吹得花园里到处都是。
3 [I] to send air out of the mouth 呼气；吹: The policeman asked me to blow into the Breathalyser. 警察要我朝酒精浓度测试器吹一口气。
4 [T] to make or shape sth by blowing air out of your mouth 用口吹出: to blow bubbles/smoke rings 吹肥皂泡；吐烟圈to blow (sb) a kiss (= to kiss your hand and pretend to blow the kiss towards sb) 飞吻
5 [I,T] to produce sound from a musical instrument, etc by blowing air into it 吹（乐器）: The referee's whistle blew for the end of the match. 裁判哨子一吹，比赛结束。He blew a few notes on the trumpet. 他用喇叭吹了几个音。
6 [T] (informal 非正式) to waste an opportunity 错失（良机）: I think I've blown my chances of promotion. 看来我把升职良机都丢了。You had your chance and you blew it. 你有过机会，可是你错过了。
7 [T] (informal 非正式)blow sth (on sth) to spend or waste a lot of money on sth 花大钱；浪费金钱: She blew all her savings on a trip to China. 她到中国走了一趟，把积蓄通通花光了。
8 [I,T] used about a thin piece of wire (a fuse) in an electrical system to stop working suddenly because the electric current is too strong; to make sth do this 保险丝烧断；使烧断保险丝: A fuse has blown. 保险丝烧断了。I think the kettle's blown a fuse. 看来这水壶烧断了保险丝。
blow your nose to clear your nose by blowing strongly through it into a piece of cloth (
handkerchief) 擤鼻涕
☞picture at sneeze 见 sneeze 插图 blow over to disappear without having a serious effect 逝去；被淡忘:
The scandal will soon blow over. 这宗丑事很快就会被淡忘。 blow up 1 to explode or to be destroyed in an explosion 爆炸；给炸毁: The car blew up when the door was opened. 车门一打开，车子就爆炸了。
2 to start suddenly and strongly 爆发: A storm blew up in the night. 晚上突然刮起风暴。A huge row blew up about money. 为了钱的事爆发了一场激烈的争吵。
3 (informal 非正式) to become very angry 动怒；大动肝火: The teacher blew up when I said I'd forgotten my homework. 老师听我说忘了做家庭作业，便勃然大怒。
blow sth up 1 to make sth explode or to destroy sth in an explosion 引爆；炸毁: The terrorists tried to blow up the plane. 恐怖分子试图炸毁飞机。
2 to fill sth with air or gas 打气；充气: to blow up a balloon 给气球打气
3 to make a photograph bigger 放大（照片）