| 单词 | to blow dry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto blow(something) dry 16. transitive. To direct a current of air against (anything) so as to cool, warm, or dry it. Sometimes with words expressing the effect of the action as complement, as to blow(something) dry. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > set (air) in motion [verb (transitive)] > direct current of air at blowa1398 wind1605 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. cxxxviii. 805 Stones ben ydiggede þat ben strongeliche yblowe wiþ fuyre and turneþ to brasse and metalle. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Eiij All the reaste mighte blow their nayles. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Bij To fan, and blow them drie againe she seekes. View more context for this quotation a1658 J. Cleveland News from Newcastle (new ed.) in Wks. (1687) 290 And in embroidered Buck-skins blows his Nails. 1841 F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook II. iii. 61 The winter was cold..and he blew his fingers. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxx. 98 Blasts that blow the poplar white. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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