blow, blow up, tiff, anemone, port visit/ port call

The last time Beijing refused an American port visit of an American warship was in August 2014, according to U.S. officials.

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blow

Inflate something:a small pump for blowing up balloons

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2.1Exaggerate the importance of something:it was a domestic tiff which had been blown up out of all proportion

blow ...up/blow up ...

2. (1)⇒[他動詞]1，7，8.
3. (2)…を誇張する，敷衍ふえんする，拡大する
   • He blew up his own role in his account of the project.
   • 彼はプロジェクトの説明の中で自分の働きを大げさに言った.
4. (3)…を(空気を入れて)膨らます；〈火などを〉吹いて燃え上がらせる
• blow up a tire
• タイヤに空気を入れる.
5. (4)((話)) 〔写真〕 …を引き伸ばす(enlarge).
6. (5)((俗)) 〈人を〉(…のことで)しかりとばす［つける］((for ...)).

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[WITH OBJECT AND ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION] (Of an explosion or explosive device) displaceviolently or send flying:the blast had blown the windows out of the van

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3.1[NO OBJECT] (Of a vehicle tyre) burst suddenly while the vehicle is in motion:a rear tyre had blown

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3.2Burst or cause to burst due to pressure or overheating:[NO OBJECT]: the engines sounded as if their exhausts had blown

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3.3(With reference to an electric circuit) burn out through overloading:[NO OBJECT]: the fuse had blown[WITH OBJECT]: the floodlights blew a fuse

tiff1

Line breaks: tiff

Pronunciation: /tɪf/

NOUN

informal

A petty quarrel, especially one between friends orlovers:Joanna had a tiff with her boyfriend

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Origin

early 18th century (denoting a slight outburst of temper): probably of dialect origin.anemone

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Pronunciation: /əˈnɛməni /

銀蓮花屬
秋牡丹 Anemone hupehensis var. japonica
科學分類

NOUN

1A plant of the buttercup family which typically has brightly coloured flowers and deeply divided leaves.

• Genus Anemone, family Ranunculaceae: numerous species, including the common Eurasian wood anemone (A. nemorosa)

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2short for sea anemone.

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Origin

mid 16th century: from Latin, said to be from Greekanemōnē 'windflower', literally 'daughter of the wind', from anemos 'wind', thought to be so named because the flowers open only when the wind blows.

Art of the Day: Van Gogh, Roses and Anemones in a Vase, June 1890. Oil on canvas, 51 x 51 cm. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.