8 BLOW: 吹；吐；炸开，炸坏；爆发；失去

词组讲解

1. blow a gasket * 勃然大怒，发脾气

解 俚语；词义溯源：吹走［（汽缸、管子等结合的部分所用的）垫圈（gasket）］

例 Mr. Price almost blew a gasket when he saw the sales statistics for the third quarter.

2. blow hot and cold ** （对某事）无主见；优柔寡断

解 〈口〉习语；词义溯源：冷风热风一起吹

例 City council has been blowing hot and cold on the issue for years.

3. blow one's brains out ** （用枪）杀死

解 习语；词义溯源：使某人的脑袋炸开

例 Police say the victim committed suicide by blowing his brains out with a 45 revolver.

4. blow one's cover * 暴露某人的真面目或真实目的

解 俚语；词义溯源：吹走某人［身上的遮蔽物（cover）］

例 Careful not blow his cover. Aldridge kept nothing in his apartment that might suggest his true identity.

5. blow one's lunch 〔cookies〕 * 呕吐

解 俚语；词义溯源：吐掉了自己的［午饭（lunch）］或［饼干（cookies）］

例 I knew I was going to be sick, so I rushed to toilet and sure enough I blew my lunch.

6. blow one's mind * 使感到高兴或惊愕

解 俚语；词义溯源：让某人失去［意识（mind）］

例 Jackson's latest album is fantastic. It'll blow your mind!

7. blow over *** 安然过去；平息

解 短语动词；词义溯源：吹（飘）［过去（over）］

例 The storm blew over and in less than an hour it was sunny outside again.

Controversies like this usually blow over in a few short weeks. So be patient and people will soon forget about it.

8. blow sb. or sth. away *** 吹走，驱散；杀害

解 短语动词；词义溯源：将某人或某物吹［远（away）］

例 The carpenter bent over and blew the sawdust that had accumulated away.

Every ten minutes a kid can see somebody getting blown away on some television show.

9. blow sb. or sth. off / blow off sb. or sth. *** 回避，逃避；爽约

解 短语动词；词义溯源：将某人或某物吹［离（off）］

例 We decided to blow off the assignment and went out to a movie instead.

John tried to talk to Vicki, but she just blew him off and walked away.

10. blow sth. down *** 吹倒，推倒

解 短语动词；词义溯源：将某物吹［倒（down）］

例 High winds from the approaching typhoon blew many billboards and street signs down.

11. blow sth. up / blow up sth. *** 炸坏；充气

解 短语动词；词义溯源：将某物［完全（up）］炸坏或吹［起来（up）］

例 The two Towers were blown up almost simultaneously.

To inflate the toy, you have to blow it up.

12. blow the lid off sth. / blow the lid off ** 揭露（丑闻或内幕）

解 习语；词义溯源：吹［掉（off）］某物的［盖子（lid）］

例 One man's testimony blew the lid off the biggest scandal the nation has ever faced.

13. blow the whistle on sb. / blow the whistle ** 命令停止；告发

解 〈口〉习语；词义溯源：对某人吹响［警笛（whistle）］

例 A worker in the factory blew the whistle on the company for dumping its waste in the stream.

14. blow up *** 生气，发怒；（风雨等）出现，加剧；爆炸

解 短语动词；词义溯源：［完全（up）］爆发；参照blow sth. up和blow up sth.

例 Frank, you ought not blow up so easily. Control your temper.

A political crisis has blown up over the President's latest speech.

15. blow up in one's face ** 突然爆发；事情进展过程中被破坏（告吹）

解 习语；词义溯源：［当面（in one's face）］爆发

例 Janet tried to make Mark dislike Lisa, but her plans blew up in her face when they both realized what she was trying to do.

Two terrorists were killed when the bomb they were building blew up in their faces last night.

参考译文

1. 在看到第三季度的销售统计数据时，普赖斯先生勃然大怒。

2. 这几年来市议会在这个问题上一直摇摆不定。

3. 警察说死者用一把45左轮手枪打爆了自己的头。

4. 小心点，不要揭穿他。奥尔德里奇没有在公寓保留任何能够证明他的真实身份的东西。

5. 我知道我要呕吐了，所以我冲到洗手间，结果真的把午饭都吐出来了。

6. 杰克逊的最新专辑非常棒。它会让你陶醉的。

7. 暴风雨过去不到一个小时外面就恢复晴天了。

这种争论通常在短短几周内就会过去。所以耐心点，人们很快就会忘掉的。

8. 木匠弯下腰，把堆积的锯屑吹掉。

每隔十分钟，孩子们就能在某个电视节目中看到有人被杀害。

9. 我们决定先不做作业，而是出去看场电影。

约翰想跟维姬说话，但是她避开他，走开了。

10. 逐渐接近的台风所带来的狂风吹倒了许多广告牌和道路标志。

11. 那两座塔几乎同时发生爆炸。

为了让玩具膨胀起来，你必须给它充气。

12. 一个人的证词揭发了这个国家有史以来最大的丑闻。

13. 这家工厂的一位工人举报公司向小溪里倾倒废水。

14. 弗兰克，你不应该这么轻易生气。控制你的脾气。

总统最近的演说触发了政治危机。

15. 珍妮特试图让马克讨厌莉萨，但是当他们意识到她做的事情时，她的计划失败了。

昨晚，两个恐怖分子因为在制作炸弹时发生爆炸而被炸死。