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blew 音标拼音: [bl'u]
vbl. 吹 吹 Blow \ Blow\, v. i. [ imp. { Blew} ( bl[= u]); p. p. { Blown} ( bl[= o] n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Blowing}.] [ OE. blawen, blowen, AS. bl[= a] wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl[= a] jan, G. bl[ aum] hen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr. ' ekflai` nein to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate, etc., and perh. blow to bloom.] 1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows. [ 1913 Webster] Hark how it rains and blows ! -- Walton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff. [ 1913 Webster] Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet. [ 1913 Webster] There let the pealing organ blow. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street. [ 1913 Webster] The grass blows from their graves to thy own. -- M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster] 7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face. -- Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster] 8. To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes used with out; -- used of light bulbs, electronic components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out. [ PJC] 9. To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out; -- of inflatable tires. [ PJC] { To blow hot and cold} ( a saying derived from a fable of [ AE] sop' s), to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. { To blow off}, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off. { To blow out}. ( a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out. ( b) To talk violently or abusively. [ Low] { To blow over}, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over. { To blow up}, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. " The enemy' s magazines blew up." -- Tatler. [ 1913 Webster]
Blow \ Blow\ ( bl[= o]), v. i. [ imp. { Blew} ( bl[= u]); p. p. { Blown} ( bl[= o] n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Blowing}.] [ OE. blowen, AS. bl[= o] wan to blossom; akin to OS. bl[= o] jan, D. bloeijen, OHG. pluojan, MHG. bl[" u] ejen, G. bl[" u] hen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. { Blow} to puff, { Flourish}.] To flower; to blossom; to bloom. [ 1913 Webster] How blows the citron grove. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Blew \ Blew\, imp. of { Blow}. [ 1913 Webster]
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