blow up

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blow up• Some problem had blown up and the Prime Minister wanted to see me.• We also used it to blow up bunkers and similar things.• He blew up five city blocks, of course.• A brisk wind was blowing up from the Tail of the Bank.• And when that song blew up, I was shocked.• A bomb blew up near his truck.• The gunners had to blow up some of their own artillery pieces to keep them from being turned on themselves.• At 0400 she blew up with the loss of fifty-seven of the precious tanks and ten of the even more precious Hurricanes.

blow up ... balloon• But there are two ways of blowing up a balloon.• There was a game where you blew up balloons and sat on them.• Work quickly or keep the cutting material in a plastic bag blown up like a balloon and sealed.• Tell the students to blow up the balloon and then tape the straw to the balloon.• You look like you have blown up like a balloon and you feel that you are a complete dieting failure.

blow at• Both cars blew up at Aintree, but the start money saw us through.• Privately, Diamandopoulos, as mercurial as he is erudite, is said to have blown up at critics.• She simply blew up at him.• Well, she blew up at me last Saturday for no reason.

blow up in somebody’s face• It was kind of funny watching the presentation blow up in Harry's face.• Kristin knew that if anyone found out, the whole thing could blow up in her face.• But I also fear that this encryption stuff is so powerful it could blow up in my face.• Having opted for a formation that he thought would beat Leicester, David O Leary saw it blow up in his face.• Liable blow up in their faces.• Not only could be, but would be, and the whole thing would blow up in my face.• Nothing of its kind had ever been done before, and it could have blown up in his face.• When the clothes iron blows up in your face.• Auditors some-times miss big potential problems that blow up in the face of bondholders.

blow up

phrasal verbphr v

a) DESTROYEXPLODEto destroy something, or to be destroyed, by an explosion 炸毁，炸得粉碎

The plane blew up in midair.

飞机在半空中爆炸了。

blow something ↔ up

Rebels attempted to blow up the bridge.

叛乱分子企图炸毁桥梁。

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b) TTCAIR blow something ↔ up to fill something with air or gas 给某物充气[打气]

Can you blow up this balloon?

你能把这个气球吹起来吗？

We’ll blow the tyres up.

我们会把轮胎充好气。

c) IMPORTANTDANGEROUSif a situation, argument etc blows up, it suddenly becomes important or dangerous 〔形势、争论等〕变得严峻

A crisis had blown up over the peace talks.

和谈过程中爆发了一场危机。

d) TCP blow something ↔ up if you blow up a photograph, you make it larger 放大〔照片〕 SYN enlarge

e) ANGRY informal to become very angry with someone 大发雷霆

Jenny’s father blew up when she didn’t come home last night.

珍妮昨晚没回家，她的父亲大为光火。

I was surprised at the way he blew up at Hardy.

他对着哈迪发火的样子让我很吃惊。

f) DNWEATHERif bad weather blows up, it suddenly arrives 〔恶劣天气〕突然来临

It looks as if there’s a storm blowing up.

看来暴风雨即将来临。

g) blow up in somebody’s face if something you have done or planned to do blows up in your face, it suddenly goes wrong 〔事情〕出岔子；〔计划等〕突然告吹

One of his deals had just blown up in his face.

他的一桩生意好端端地就告吹了。

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→ blow up at blow1(PHRASAL VERB)

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