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。
- “A cold wind was blowing off the sea.” (海上刮来一股冷风。)
- “He kept blowing on the soup to cool it down.” (他不停地吹汤把它吹凉。)
- “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。)