blow up (a) explode; be destroyed by an explosion 爆炸; 被炸壞 The bomb blew up. 炸彈爆炸了. A policeman was killed when his booby-trapped car blew up. 警察被藏在他汽車里的炸彈炸死了. (b) start suddenly and with force 突然開始且來勢兇猛 A storm is blowing up. 風暴來臨. (fig 比喻) A political crisis has blown up over the President's latest speech. 總統最近的演說觸發了政治危機. (c) (infml 口) lose one's temper 發脾氣; 勃然大怒 I'm sorry I blew up at you. 很抱歉, 對你發火了.blow sb up (infml 口) reprimand sb severely 訓斥某人 She got blown up by her boss for being late. 她因遲到而受到老板嚴厲訓斥. blow sth up (a) destroy sth by an explosion 炸壞某物 The police station was blown up by terrorists. 派出所讓恐怖分子炸毀了. (b) inflate sth with air or gas 給某物充氣 This tyre's a bit flat; it needs blowing up. 這個輪胎氣不太足, 需要打氣. (c) make (esp a photograph) bigger; enlarge sth 放大某物（尤指照片） What a lovely photo! Why don't you have it blown up? 多美的照片哪! 你怎麼不把它放大呢? (d) (infml 口) exaggerate or inflate sth 夸大某事物 His abilities as an actor have been greatly blown up by the popular press. 通俗的報刊過分夸張了他的演技. The whole affair was blown up out of all proportion. 整件事夸大得走樣了.