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Blowing

“Blowing” 基本义是“正在吹或风在刮”,如 the wind is blowing。也可指“吹气、吹奏”,或口语中“搞砸、浪费”,如 blowing a chance、blowing money。

  1. “A cold wind was blowing off the sea.” (海上刮来一股冷风。)
  2. “He kept blowing on the soup to cool it down.” (他不停地吹汤把它吹凉。)
  3. “Don’t risk blowing your only chance to apply.” (别冒险把你唯一的申请机会搞砸。)

“Blowing” 来自古英语 “blāwan”(吹、充气),与 wind、breeze 等自然现象描述紧密相关。

“-ing” 为现在分词后缀;词干 “blow” 为不规则动词,无独立前缀。

“blowing” 在口语中有很多固定搭配,如 blowing up(爆炸/放大)、blowing off steam(发泄),语义需结合上下文。

  • 固定搭配: “blowing wind” (刮风), “blowing a chance” (搞砸机会), “blowing up” (爆炸/放大)
  • 原形: blow
  • 过去式: blew

“blow + ing”:风正在吹、气正在吹,就是 blowing。

“The wind was blowing hard, but she kept blowing on her hands until the bus finally arrived.” (风刮得很猛,但她一直往手上哈气,直到公交车终于来了。)