āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
blow up
/blËÉĘ ËĘp/
to blow up
[phrase form: blow]
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to cause something to explode
Transitive: to blow up sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The film director will blow a car up for an action scene.
āĻāĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻļāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
1.1
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to explode forcefully and releasing energy through a chemical or physical reaction
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The scientist studied the conditions under which substances blow up.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ.
02
āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to fill with air or gas until something becomes inflated
Transitive: to blow up an inflatable object
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Before the children arrive, let's blow the inflatable pool up.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to make something larger
Transitive: to blow up a photograph or text
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She blew up the picture to hang it as a poster on the wall.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
04
āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ āĻž, āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to increase in size
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In the heat, the bread dough started to blow up in the oven.
āĻāĻ°āĻŽā§, āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
05
āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž, āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make something seem larger or more significant than it actually is
Transitive: to blow up sth
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The media can sometimes blow up a story for sensationalism.
āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻļāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
06
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž
to add additional information or details on a topic
Transitive: to blow up a topic or content
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The speaker hopes to blow up the talk with thought-provoking insights.
āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž-āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻĒāĻ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
07
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to become extremely angry and lose control
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The employee blew up after weeks of unresolved issues.
āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻš āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻ
āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
08
to gain sudden and massive popularity, especially online or on social media
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
That meme blew up so fast, I saw it on every platform within hours.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
