blowback

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈbloʊˌbæk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer. countable,uncountable
    — The Israeli UZI submachine gun, one the most easily recognized examples of a blowback firearm, is well known for its simplicity, ease of manufacture, low maintenance, and utter reliability.
  2. An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — All of the other retired C.I.A. officers who appeared before the subcommittee today acknowledged that the problem of the “domestic blowback” of agency propaganda had been a genuine problem, out most of them dismissed the mounting concern over C.I.A.'s past employment of American journalists as misguided.
  3. The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth). countable,slang,uncountable
    — Paranoid I was being ripped off, I 'tested' the potency of the skunk on a wasp by trapping it under a glass, and giving it a blowback.
  4. On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower. countable,uncountable
    — The Boulogne stop lasted a few minutes, during which I was surprised to see no use was made of the blower. In this country, if you shut the regulator without the blower on, the odds are there will be a blowback.
  5. Synonym of backscatter. countable,uncountable

词形变化

blowbacks plural blow-back alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
karmic blowback
相关词
blow forward

词源

Deverbal from blow back.
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