blowout

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈbloʊaʊt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
  2. A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
  3. A social function, especially one with large quantities of food. slang
    — Feathers were deeply ruffled when it became known that the BHC had been in town and taken me out for a meal without hosting a big blowout for all the local Brits. I didn't frequent the hotel bar, and by then, accepted few invitations to parties ...
  4. A large or extravagant meal. slang
    — […] but really swank blowouts are reported to serve even more exotic dishes. Bear paws, for instance; duck feet, unborn mice, and in Canton, puppy dogs.
  5. A contest that is decidedly one-sided; an overwhelming victory or defeat. slang
    — The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout.
  6. An argument; an altercation. slang
    — The day my aunt and I had talked was just as vivid to me now as it had been eight years ago, when I'd had a blowout with my mother over my decision to go to school in Tucson rather than staying safely up here in northern Arizona.
  7. A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
  8. An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project. Australia
  9. An act of defecation in which an incontinent person, usually an infant or toddler, produces a large amount of excrement that causes their diaper to overflow and leak.
  10. The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
  11. An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.
  12. An instance of having one's hair blow-dried and styled.
    — Get a blowout! Your hair is one of the first things a guy will notice because, hello, it's right at eye level. So take the time to do it right. No ponytails. No frizzy disasters. Wear your hair down.
  13. The blurring of a tattoo due to ink penetrating too far into the skin and dispersing.
  14. The damage done to the exit side of a drilled hole or sawn edge when no sacrificial backerboard is used during the drilling or sawing: the drill bit's or sawblade's exit on the far side causes chips of wood to be broken from the edge.
  15. A party (social gathering), such as a birthday party. Philippines
  16. Synonym of taper fade.
  17. Synonym of blowout sale.

词形变化

blowouts plural

词汇关系

衍生词
blowout coil blowout preventer blowout sale Brazilian blowout Dominican blowout

词源

Etymology tree
English blow outdeverb.
English blowout
Deverbal from blow out.
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