blast

1. N-COUNT A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb. (尤指炸彈引起的) 大爆炸

250 people were killed in the blast. 250人在這次大爆炸中喪生。

2. V-T If something is blasted into a particular place or state, an explosion causes it to be in that place or state. If a hole is blasted in something, it is created by an explosion. 由爆炸生成; 由爆炸引起

There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere. 有毒化學(xué)品有爆炸后進(jìn)入空氣的危險(xiǎn)。

The explosion which followed blasted out the wall of her apartment. 隨后的爆炸炸開了她房間的那面墻。

3. V-T If workers are blasting rock, they are using explosives to make holes in it or destroy it, for example, so that a road or tunnel can be built. 用炸藥炸

Local workmen were blasting the rock face beside the track in order to make it wider. 當(dāng)?shù)毓と苏谟谜ㄋ幷ㄩ_小路旁邊的巖石面以便將其拓寬。

4. V-T To blast someone means to shoot them with a gun. 向…射擊[journalism]

A son blasted his father to death after a lifetime of bullying, a court was told yesterday. 昨天有人告知法庭，一個(gè)兒子因長期受欺凌而開槍打死了其父親。

5. N-COUNT Blast is also a noun. 槍擊

Anthony died from a shotgun blast to the face. 安東尼因被獵槍擊中面部而死。

6. V-T If someone blasts their way somewhere, they get there by shooting at people or causing an explosion. 借助射擊或爆炸打開 (通道)

The police were reported to have blasted their way into the house using explosives. 據(jù)報(bào)道，警察已經(jīng)借助炸藥開道沖進(jìn)了那所房子。

7. V-T If something blasts water or air somewhere, it sends out a sudden, powerful stream of it. 強(qiáng)速噴射 (水流或氣流)

Blasting cold air over it makes the water evaporate. 向它上面快速噴冷氣可使水蒸發(fā)掉。

8. N-COUNT Blast is also a noun. 強(qiáng)勁的 (氣或水) 流

Blasts of cold air swept down from the mountains. 陣陣強(qiáng)冷氣流從山上席卷下來。

9. V-T/V-I If you blast something such as a car horn, or if it blasts, it makes a sudden, loud sound. If something blasts music, or music blasts, the music is very loud. 突然大聲按響; 大聲放 (音樂); 突然發(fā)出巨響; (音樂) 大聲播放

...drivers who do not blast their horns. …那些沒有狂按喇叭的駕駛員。

10. N-COUNT Blast is also a noun. (喇叭或音樂等的) 大聲鳴響

The buzzer suddenly responded in a long blast of sound. 蜂鳴器突然以一聲長長的鳴響做出回應(yīng)。

11. N-SING If you say that something was a blast, you mean that you enjoyed it very much. 奇妙的感受[非正式]

He went sledding with his daughter. "It was a blast," he said later. 他和女兒去坐雪橇玩了?！澳钦媸且淮纹婷畹母惺?，”他后來說。

12. PHRASE If something such as a radio or a heater is on full blast, or on at full blast, it is producing as much sound or power as it is able to. 最大音量; 最大限量

In many of those homes the television is on full blast 24 hours a day. 許多家庭一天24小時(shí)都把電視開到最大音量。