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单词 blowout
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blowout
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When something stops working or breaks down, you can call it a blowout. The blowout of a city's electrical system can be a particularly big problem.
A blowout most often involves air or gas pressure — a blowout when you're driving on the highway is a popped tire. You can also use the word to mean a really easy victory in sports, like your favorite football team's blowout victory over its rival. Yet another meaning of blowout is a fabulous party: "Let's have a blowout to celebrate your twenty-first birthday!" The original, colloquial American meaning of blowout was "outburst," or what might today be called a "blow up."
WORD FAMILY
blowout: blowouts
USAGE EXAMPLES
It started with an embarrassing blowout loss against an NFC West opponent.
Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017)
The short-handed Clippers lost their fifth game in a row on Friday night, a 140-116 blowout loss in Houston.
Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016)
Mr. Hulseman preferred that his cups be used at family outings, not at rowdy, boozy blowouts.
New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)
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n an easy victory
Syn|Hyper
laugher, romp, runaway, shoo-in, walkaway
triumph, victory
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
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n a sudden malfunction of a part or apparatus
the right front tire had a blowout
as a result of the blowout we lost all the lights
Hyper
malfunction
a failure to function normally
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n a gay festivity
Syn|Hyper
gala, gala affair, jamboree
celebration, festivity
any joyous diversion
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