| 单词 | to blow up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto blow up a. intransitive. The proper verb naming the motion or action of the wind, or of an aerial current. Sometimes with subject it, as ‘it blows hard’, and often with complement, as ‘it blew a gale, a hurricane’. to blow great guns: to blow a violent gale. to blow up: to rise, increase in force of blowing. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] blowc1000 standc1275 waffc1440 respire?a1475 fan1600 suffle1622 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst > blow up or explode to blow up1697 to blow sky-high1823 poof1915 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow strongly > increase rise?1520 fresh1599 to come up1647 freshen1669 ascend1715 to get up1834 to blow up1840 stiffen1844 to breeze up1867 to pipe up1901 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xii. 55 Þonne ge geseoð suðan blawan. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 167 Lutel he hit scaweð..hu biter wind þer blaweð. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 101 Ȝef awint blaweð alute towart us. a1300 Cursor Mundi 532 Wynd þat blaws o loft. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xliii. 22 The cold northerne wind bleeȝ [a1425 L.V. blew]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 130 Il uente, it bloweth. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 765 I turne saile that waie as the winde bloweth. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 208 Heark how it rains and blows . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 112 All the West Allies of stormy Boreas blow . View more context for this quotation 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 146 November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §313 It blowed very hard, especially on the night of lighting. 1802 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 166 Straws and feathers..show which way the wind blows. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack x. 60 The gale had blown up again. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 14 It soon began to blow great guns. to blow up b. Of the blower: To sound a blast. to blow up: to sound a whistle (as a signal). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (intransitive)] blowc1275 blast1384 toot1549 wind1600 tootle1842 tootle-too1857 society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > sound signal on instrument [verb (intransitive)] > sound whistle as signal whistlec1000 pipe1707 to blow up1889 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4016 Þe king lette blawen [c1300 Otho blowen] & bonnien his ferden. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 484 Quhen he hard sa blaw & cry. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 410 At the houre of ix. theyr mynstrels blewe vp on highe. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 459/1 He bloweth in a trompet. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1308 Þe kyng..henttes his horne and hastily blawes. 1602 Returne fr. Parnassus (Arb.) ii. v. 29 There is an excellent skill in blowing for the terriers. 1611 Bible (King James) Judges vii. 18 I blow with a trumpet. View more context for this quotation a1882 H. W. Longfellow Michael Angelo Blow, ye bright angels, on your golden trumpets. 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 135/2 To blow up (i.e., to sound the whistle), is to call the men to work; used by foremen and ga[n]gers. 1954 J. B. G. Thomas On Tour vi. 65 The referee blew up to see who was actually lying on the ball. to blow up c. In Photography, to blow up: to enlarge (a photograph, etc.). colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [verb (transitive)] > enlarge enlarge1866 to blow up1930 1930 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 27/3 The little sixteen-millimeter film of such cameras is too small for projection..and when it is ‘blown up’ to standard size, the images often blur. 1959 Punch 21 Oct. 337/3 I blew up the two faces on an epidiascope. 1961 G. Millerson Technique Television Production iii. 29 Reducing the lens angle ‘blows up’ a proportionately smaller area of the centre of the shot, to fill the whole screen. to blow up 25. figurative. to blow up: extracted from blowv.1ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 1660 Sir H. Finch in W. Cobbett Parl. Hist. (1808) IV. 146 He could not think any thing more dangerous than the writing this Book..it blew up this parliament totally, and damned the Act of Oblivion. 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 24 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1444 A despatch with less than half these faults would blow you up for ever. 1791 J. Hampson Mem. J. Wesley I. 105 It was reported, that the college censors were going to blow up the Godly Club. b. To scold, rail at. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > scold chidec1230 ban1340 tongue1388 rate1393 flite14.. rehetec1400 janglec1430 chafec1485 rattle1542 berate1548 quarrel1587 hazen?1608 bequarrel1624 huff1674 shrewa1687 to claw away, off1692 tongue-pad1707 to blow up1710 scold1718 rag1739 redd1776 bullyraga1790 jaw1810 targe1825 haze1829 overhaul1840 tongue-walk1841 trim1882 to call down1883 tongue-lash1887 roar1917 to go off at (a person)1941 chew1948 wrinch2009 1710 Duchess of Marlborough Let. in A. T. Thomson Mem. (1839) II. viii. 173 This plainly showed that the cabal had been blowing her up, but that she could not, however, contradict her own order. 1807 G. Colman Let. 10 Dec. in J. C. Young Mem. C. M. Young (1871) I. ii. 47 Now for this I will blow you up! 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xviii. 171 Lord Gravelton..was ‘blowing’ up the waiters. 1882 B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. I. iii. 55 He began to blow me up for not having provided quarters for his men and horses. c. To go to pieces, give out, fail. Chiefly U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or come to nothing forworthc1000 folda1250 quailc1450 fruster?a1513 to come to nothing1523 to give out?1523 to fall to the ground?1526 quealc1530 to come to, end in, vanish into, smoke1604 intercide1637 to fall to dirt1670 to go off1740 to fall through1770 to fall apart1833 collapse1838 to run into the sand (also, now less commonly, sands)1872 to blow up1934 to blow out1939 1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. iii. 178 An epilogue in Plautus informs us that the slave-actor who has blown up in his lines will now be flogged. to blow up(on) (a person or thing) 30. to blow up(on) (a person or thing) has been used in various senses (see 30a); among others: To take the bloom off; to make stale or hackneyed; to bring into discredit, defame; also, to tell tales of, inform upon, expose (cf. 27). With indirect passive, to be blown upon (see 30b). In this latter sense the simple blow also occurs transitively (see 30c). extracted from blowv.1 a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)] wrayc725 meldeOE bimeldena1300 forgabc1394 to blow up?a1400 outsay?a1400 detectc1449 denounce1485 ascry1523 inform1526 promote1550 peach1570 blow1575 impeach1617 wheedle1710 split1795 snitch1801 cheep1831 squeal1846 to put away1858 spot1864 report1869 squawk1872 nose1875 finger1877 ruck1884 to turn over1890 to gag on1891 shop1895 pool1907 run1909 peep1911 pot1911 copper1923 finger1929 rat1932 to blow the whistle on1934 grass1936 rat1969 to put in1975 turn1977 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] to say or speak shame of, on, byc950 teleeOE sayOE to speak evil (Old English be) ofc1000 belie?c1225 betell?c1225 missayc1225 skandera1300 disclanderc1300 wrenchc1300 bewrayc1330 bite1330 gothele1340 slanderc1340 deprave1362 hinderc1375 backbite1382 blasphemec1386 afamec1390 fame1393 to blow up?a1400 defamea1400 noise1425 to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445 malignc1450 to speak villainy of1470 infame1483 injury1484 painta1522 malicea1526 denigrate1526 disfamea1533 misreporta1535 sugill?1539 dishonest?c1550 calumniate1554 scandalize1566 ill1577 blaze1579 traduce1581 misspeak1582 blot1583 abuse1592 wronga1596 infamonize1598 vilify1598 injure?a1600 forspeak1601 libel1602 infamize1605 belibel1606 calumnize1606 besquirt1611 colly1615 scandala1616 bedirt1622 soil1641 disfigurea1643 sycophant1642 spatter1645 sugillate1647 bespattera1652 bedung1655 asperse1656 mischieve1656 opprobriatea1657 reflect1661 dehonestate1663 carbonify1792 defamate1810 mouth1810 foul-mouth1822 lynch1836 rot1890 calumny1895 ding1903 bad-talk1938 norate1938 bad-mouth1941 monster1967 ?a1400 Morte Arth. (1819) 47 A monge hem all be fore the dese He bloweth oute vppon the quene, To haue hys ryght. 1634 Malory's Arthur (1816) II. 438 Then Sir Gawaine made many men to blow upon Sir Launcelot, and all at once they called him ‘False recreant Knight!’ 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Blaw To Blaw out on one, formally to denounce one as a rebel by three blasts of the king's horn at the market-cross of the head-borough of the shire; an old forensic phrase. 1844 Spirit of Times 20 Jan. 557/2 Go! Get off; I'll not blow on you. 1876 J. Weiss Wit, Humor, & Shakespeare ii. 51 Why..does she not blow upon the doctor? 1877 J. Greenwood Dick Temple II. i. 10 She ain't got nobody but me to keep a secret for her, and I've been and blowed on her. 1916 E. Wallace Clue of Twisted Candle (1918) xvii. 197 I'm not going to blow on it, if it's going to get me into trouble, but if you'll promise me that it won't, I'll tell you the whole story. 1960 ‘W. Haggard’ Closed Circuit viii. 94 There could be only one explanation: Menderez had blown on him. b. ΚΠ 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. xxxix. 60 I Thank you for the good opinion you..have of my fancy of Trees: It is a maiden one, and not blown upon by any one yet. 1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 325 I wave these, and fix upon another account less Blown upon. 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants App. 246 A Man of Wisdom, Sobriety and Ability..if a Dissenter, must be blown upon for a Phanatick. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body ii. ii. 26 If I can but keep my Daughter from being blown upon 'till Signeur Babinetto arrives. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 105. ¶5 He will..whisper an Intriegue that is not yet blown upon by common Fame. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 464. ⁋1 I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any Passage in an old Greek or Latin Author, that is not blown upon. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. ii. 15 The Reputation of her House, which was never blown upon before, was utterly destroyed. View more context for this quotation 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 17 If once blown upon, no one would employ them. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 48 The credit of the false witnesses had been blown upon. 1877 A. M. Sullivan New Ireland xxiii. 276 They had got word that the plot was ‘blown upon’ by some traitor. c. ΚΠ 1864 Duke of Manchester Court & Society I. 80 Puebla's character had been somewhat blown. < as lemmas |
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