请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 full-blown
释义
full-blownˈfull-blown adjective [only before noun] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINfull-blown
Origin:
1600-1700 FULL1 + blown, past participle of blow ‘to produce flowers’, from Old English blowan
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • What began as a serious oil spill has become a full-blown environmental disaster.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • 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
随便看

 

英语词典包含52748条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 12:29:52