单词 | blowout |
释义 | blowout (bloʊaʊt ) also blow-out Word forms: blowouts 1. countable noun A blowout is a large meal, often a celebration with family or friends, at which people may eat too much. [informal] Once in a while we had a major blowout. Synonyms: binge [informal], party, feast, rave [British, slang] 2. countable noun If you have a blowout while you are driving a car, one of the tyres suddenly bursts. A lorry travelling south had a blow-out and crashed. Synonyms: puncture, burst, flat, flat tyre 3. countable noun A blowout in an amount or a price is a sudden increase in it. [Australian, journalism] ...a blowout in surgery costs. [+ in] ...a blow-out in the balance of payments. Collocations: big blowout IT is the last big blowout of 2016 and we know how to make sure you are dressed to impress. The Sun (2016) Ibiza is the obvious place for a big blowout. Times, Sunday Times (2014) She reads about them online, adds them to the list on her iPhone and then saves up for the big blowout. Times, Sunday Times (2013) |
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