喜樂美語
  1. 1v/ˌbloʊ ˈʌp/ · /ˌbləʊ ˈʌp/blow up (explode)爆炸 / 炸開

    To break apart suddenly with a loud bang and a burst of air, or to make something break apart this way.

    「blow up」這一條的畫面可以想成「東西一下子往外、往上炸開」——一股力量把它從裡面推出去。blow 是「吹、噴」，加上 up（往上、往外衝），就成了「炸開」。它可以是東西自己炸（The old chimney blew up），也可以是有人讓它炸（They blew up the old building）。這個「往上、往外猛地炸開」的畫面，就是整個 blow up 大家族的源頭：先把這個「炸開」的核心記住，後面的用法都是從它延伸出來的。生活中安全的例子像是：拆除舊大樓的控制爆破、或是煙火在空中綻放。

    示範例句 · Example

    The workers safely blew up the old factory tower to make room for a new park.

    中文翻譯工人們安全地炸掉了那座舊工廠塔樓，好騰出空間蓋一座新公園。

    常見搭配

    • blow up a building

      把一棟建築物炸掉

      to destroy a building with an explosion

      The engineers planned exactly how to blow up the old bridge.

    • blow up in the air

      在空中炸開

      to explode while up in the sky

      The firework blew up in the air above the lake.

  2. 2v/ˌbloʊ ˈʌp/ · /ˌbləʊ ˈʌp/blow up (inflate)打氣 / 吹氣（使脹大）

    To fill something with air or gas so that it gets bigger, like a balloon or a tyre.

    「blow up」這一條最好記：blow 是「吹氣」，up 是「鼓起來、變大」——你把空氣吹進去，東西就一點一點脹大。氣球、游泳圈、輪胎、充氣床都用 blow up。這裡的 up 帶的是「脹大、鼓起」的感覺，跟「把音量調 up（轉大）」一樣，都是「往大的方向長」。記住這個「吹進空氣、整個鼓起來變大」的畫面，待會兒看到 blow up a photo（把照片放大）時就會很順。

    常見搭配

    • blow up a balloon

      吹氣球

      to fill a balloon with air

      The clown can blow up a balloon and twist it into a dog.

    • blow up a tyre

      幫輪胎打氣

      to fill a tyre with air

      My bike was slow, so I blew up the tyres until they felt hard.

    意思相近

    inflatepump upfill

    意思相反

    deflatelet down

  3. 3v/ˌbloʊ ˈʌp/ · /ˌbləʊ ˈʌp/blow up (escalate, argument)突然爆發（問題、爭執）

    If a problem or argument blows up, it suddenly becomes big and serious.

    「blow up」用在事情上，畫面可以想成「一個問題突然『砰』地放大、變嚴重」——本來小小的、看不太到，一下子就鼓脹起來變成大事。這跟前面「吹氣球越來越大」「東西炸開」是同一種往上、往外膨脹的感覺，只是這次脹大的是一個情況或爭吵。常見主詞是 a problem、an argument、a crisis、a row。記住：事情 blow up，就是它「突然炸大、變成大麻煩」。

    常見搭配

    • blow up into something

      突然演變成更大的問題

      to grow suddenly into a bigger problem

      A tiny misunderstanding blew up into a week-long quarrel.

    • an argument blows up

      一場爭執突然爆發

      an argument suddenly starts and gets serious

      An argument blew up over whose turn it was to choose the film.

    意思相近

    eruptflare upescalatebreak out

  4. 4v/ˌbloʊ ˈʌp/ · /ˌbləʊ ˈʌp/blow up (enlarge a photo)放大（照片、圖片）

    To make a photograph or picture larger.

    「blow up」用在照片上，就是「把圖片變大」——跟吹氣球一樣，整張照片「鼓大、放大」。up 在這裡又是「變大」的意思：把小小的照片放成一張大海報。常見說法 blow up a photo、blow it up。記住前面「吹進空氣讓東西脹大」的畫面，照片的 blow up 只是把同一個「變大」的點子用在影像上，所以很好記。

    常見搭配

    • blow up a photo

      把照片放大

      to make a photo bigger

      She blew up the photo so she could see the tiny details.

    • blow up into a poster

      放大成海報尺寸

      to enlarge a picture into poster size

      They blew up the team photo into a poster for the classroom.

  5. 5v/ˌbloʊ ˈʌp/ · /ˌbləʊ ˈʌp/blow up (lose your temper)突然發脾氣 / 動怒

    口語To suddenly become very angry and start shouting at someone.

    「blow up」用在人身上，畫面可以想成「怒氣一下子衝上來、像火一樣往外冒」——心裡的情緒突然炸開。這跟「東西炸開」是同一個畫面，只是炸開的是脾氣。常說 blow up at somebody（對某人發火）。這是比較口語的說法。要記得：每個人都會有生氣的時候，blow up 講的就是那股怒氣來得又快又猛；學會認出這個詞，也能提醒自己，生氣的時候可以先深呼吸、慢慢把情緒放下來，而不是讓它一下子衝出來。

    常見搭配

    • blow up at somebody

      對某人發脾氣

      to suddenly shout angrily at someone

      She blew up at her friend, then said sorry a minute later.

    • blow up over something

      因為某件事發火

      to get very angry because of something

      There's no need to blow up over a small mistake like that.

    意思相近

    lose your temperexplodeflare upgo off

    意思相反

    stay calmkeep your coolcalm down

  6. 6v/ˌbloʊ ˈʌp/ · /ˌbləʊ ˈʌp/blow up (a storm brews)（暴風雨）突然刮起、來襲

    If bad weather such as a storm blows up, it suddenly starts.

    「blow up」用在天氣上，畫面可以想成「一場風暴突然『冒』起來、刮上來」——風一下子變強，雲一下子聚攏。這裡同時用到 blow 本來「吹、刮風」的意思，加上 up「升起、冒上來」，所以特別適合形容暴風雨。常見主詞是 a storm、a wind、a gale。記住：天氣 blow up，就是它「突然刮起、說來就來」，跟前面情緒、問題「突然炸大」是同一種「猛地升起」的感覺。

    常見搭配

    • a storm blows up

      暴風雨突然刮起

      a storm suddenly starts

      A storm blew up out of nowhere and the sky went dark.

    • a wind blows up

      風突然刮起

      a wind suddenly starts blowing

      A strong wind blew up and scattered the leaves everywhere.

原始詞典資料25 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

blow upverb

  • 1

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up.

    • See if you can blow the bubbles up the staircase.
    • Trying blowing up it at an angle instead of directly across it.
  • 2

    To explode or be destroyed by explosion.

    • Why do cars in movies always blow up when they fall off a cliff?
    • In dense fog at about 10.25 p.m. on the night of October 25, two tank barges carrying petroleum [...] missed the entrance to the docks at Sharpness and were carried up the River Severn by the incoming tide. They collided with one of the piers of the Severn Bridge, carrying the Berkeley Road-Lydney branch of the Western Region, and as a result of the collision both tankers blew up.
  • 3

    To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.

    • We had to blow up the bridge before the enemy army arrived.
    • More civilians than soldiers have been blown up by anti-personnel mines.
  • 4

    To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or by using a pump.

    • For the school science project, each student will blow up a balloon and then tie it closed.
    • never did it ring more loudly than that night, as I watched her draw back the blanket of moss from the coals, blow up the fire, and cook the evening meal.
  • 5

    To represent something as being more important or serious than it actually is; to inflate; to exaggerate.

    • The foreign secretary David Miliband's emphasis that this is purely a consular matter is intended to forestall an attempt by Iranian hardliners to blow the incident up.
    • Lena insists the moment wasn't as awkward as it looked, and the coverage blew it up to be something way bigger than it actually was IRL.
  • 6

    To enlarge or zoom in on.

    • Blow up the picture to get a better look at their faces.
  • 7

    To fail disastrously.

    • So I wish you luck, but don't come crying to me when it blows up in your face.
  • 8

    mathematicssciencesTo increase without bound as a function argument or parameter approaches a certain value; to tend toward infinity; to approach infinity as a limit.

    • The quantity 1/x blows up as x approaches zero.
    • And these loops have a tendency to blow up, to borrow more and more energy by becoming smaller and smaller, eventually borrowing an infinite amount of energy. When a calculation returns an infinite answer, this usually means something has gone badly wrong.
另外 17 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    slangTo become popular very quickly.

    • This album is about to blow up; they’re being promoted on MTV.
    • You know you blew up when the women rush your stands And try to touch your hands like some screaming Usher fans […]
  • 10

    slangTo suddenly get very angry, to lose one's temper.

    • Dad blew up at me when I told him I was pregnant.
  • 11

    slangTo become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.

  • 12

    datedTo inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.

    • to blow someone up with flattery
    • blown up with high conceits engendering pride
  • 13

    datedTo excite.

    • to blow up a contention
  • 14

    datedTo scold violently, blow up at.

    • […] did not choose to comply with her wishes. Upon which Mrs. Basset, in the language of the Old Bailey, nabbed the rust; insisted upon some liquor, would not quit the house without it, and began to blow up the hostess and blast the rose.
    • #*: I have blown him up well — nobody can say I wink at what he does.
  • 15

    hobbieslifestylesportsTo blow the whistle.

  • 16

    cyclinghobbieslifestyleTo succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.

  • 17

    slangTo overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.

    • I blew up another department's API servers – did I screw up or should they have more protections?
  • 18

    slangTo overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.

    • blow up the spot;   blow up someone's spot
    • Be cool! Keep it on the down low. Don't blow up my spot!
  • 19

    slangTo overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.

    • blow up someone's phone
    • I had to mute the notifications for that group text. Those hooligans kept blowing up my phone.
  • 20

    slangTo be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.

    • There were so many incoming enemy planes that our monitoring and notification system blew up before the base was even able to respond.
  • 21

    slangTo be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.

    • Damn, my spot blew up. Time to find the next one.
  • 22

    slangTo be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.

    • one's phone is blowing up
    • I had to mute the notifications for that group text. My phone kept blowing up every day.
  • 23

    slangTo cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc.

    • Don't go in there...I really blew it up.
  • 24

    To begin; to gather; to form.

    • A storm is blowing up in the north.
  • 25

    datedslangTo use an intoxicating drug; to get high.

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