释义 |
full-blownˈfull-blown adjective [only before noun] full-blownOrigin: 1600-1700 ➔ FULL1 + blown, past participle of blow ‘to produce flowers’, from Old English blowan - What began as a serious oil spill has become a full-blown environmental disaster.
- As in any full-blown controversy, these polarised positions were the ones taken up by most contributors to the fight.
- But doctors predicted that her chance of developing full-blown diabetes in the next five years was at least 1 in 4.
- Now, however, they are being formally recognised as mild, but genuine, variations of full-blown psychosis.
- Others again, such as physics, chemistry or history, have important professional associations or societies without being full-blown professions.
having all the qualities of something that is at its most complete or advanced stage: The drop in shares could develop into a full-blown crisis. full-blown AIDS |