1PHRASAL VERB-ERG 引爆;(使)炸毁;(使)爆炸 If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion. 引爆;(使)炸毁;(使)爆炸 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
He was jailed for 45 years for trying to blow up a plane. [VERBPREP. noun]
3PHRASAL VERB (风、暴风雨)大作 If a wind or a storm blows up, the weather becomes very windy or stormy. (风、暴风雨)大作
A storm blew up over the mountains. [VERBPREP.]
山上暴风雨大作。
4PHRASAL VERB 发怒;大发雷霆 If you blow up at someone, you lose your temper and shout at them. 发怒;大发雷霆 [informal]
I'm sorry I blew up at you. [VERBPREP. + at]
对不起,我对你发脾气了。
When Myra told Karp she'd expose his past, he blew up. [VERBPREP.]
当迈拉告诉卡普她会把他的过去全抖搂出去时,卡普大为光火。
SYN lose your temper, rage, erupt, lose it [informal]
5PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)夸大;(使)言过其实 If someone blows an incident up or if it blows up, it is made to seem more serious or important than it really is. (使)夸大;(使)言过其实 [Also VERBPREPOSITION]
Newspapers blew up the story. [VERBPREP. noun]
报纸对此事的报道言过其实了。
The media may be blowing it up out of proportion. [VERB noun PREP.]
媒体可能过分夸大了此事。
The scandal blew up into a major political furore. [VERBPREP. prep./adv.]