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wind: 「風」の意味の最も一般的な語で, 自然の風や扇風機･エアコンなどの人工の風をさす
breeze: 比較的ゆるやかな「そよ風」や「微風」をいい, 通例, 快適さ･さわやかさなどの肯定的意味合いがある
gale: 台風などで吹く, かなりの速度と破壊力を持つ「強風」
blast, gust: ともに「突風」を表すが, blastの方が長くて強く吹く(時に人工的な)風
noun
1. a destructive wave of highly compressed air spreading outward from an explosion:
爆風
e.g. they were thrown backward by the blast.
an explosion or explosive firing, especially of a bomb:
(爆弾の)爆発
e.g. a bomb blast
e.g. a shotgun blast.
a forceful attack or assault:
(銃で)撃つこと, 銃撃
e.g. he defeated his weakest opponent in such a blast that the fans left unimpressed.
2. a strong gust of wind or air:
突風; (空気･風の)ひと吹き
e.g. the icy blast hit them.
a strong current of air used in smelting.
3. a single loud note of a horn, whistle, or other noisemaking device:
大音響
e.g. a blast of the ship's siren.
4. informal a severe reprimand:
〖通例単数形で〗批判, 非難; (非難の)噴出
e.g. I braced myself for the inevitable blast.
5. North American informal an enjoyable experience or lively party:
｟主に米･くだけて｠ 〖単数形で〗楽しい出来事, どんちゃん騒ぎ, パーティ
e.g. it could turn out to be a real blast.
verb with object
1. blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives:
〈爆発･人などが〉〈物〉を爆破する, 吹き飛ばす(away, off); 【銃などで】〈人〉を撃つ «with»
e.g. quantities of solid rock had to be blasted away
e.g. the explosion blasted out hundreds of windows.
produce (damage or a hole) by means of an explosion:
【山などを】爆破して〈道･トンネルなど〉を作る «through, in, out of»
e.g. the force of the collision blasted out a tremendous crater.
with object and adverbial of direction force or throw (something) in a specified direction by impact or explosion:
e.g. the car was blasted thirty feet into the sky.
shoot with a gun:
e.g. Fowler was blasted with an air rifle.
no object, with adverbial of direction move very quickly and loudly in a specified direction:
e.g. driving rain blasted through the smashed window.
2. make or cause to make a loud continuous musical or other noise:
〈大きな音(楽)が〉鳴る, 響き渡る(out
e.g. no object : music blasted out at full volume
〈人･物が〉〈大きな音(楽)〉を鳴らす, 出す(out)
e.g. with object : an impatient motorist blasted his horn.
3. kick, strike, or throw (a ball) hard:
｟くだけて｠ 〈ボールなど〉を強く打つ［ける］
e.g. Ripken blasted the ball into the gap in right field.
4. informal criticize fiercely:
｟くだけて｠ «…のことで» 〈人･計画･意見など〉を強く批判する, 激しく非難する «for»
e.g. the school was blasted by government inspectors.
5. literary (of a wind or other natural force) wither, shrivel, or blight (a plant):
〈植物などが〉しおれる, 枯れる
e.g. crops blasted on the eve of harvest.
strike with divine anger:
｟くだけた話｠ 〈人など〉を呪う
e.g. damn and blast this awful place!
destroy or ruin:
｟文｠ ; 〖通例be ～ed〗 〈希望などが〉台なしになる
e.g. a candidate whose only strategy is to blast the opposition.
exclamation informal, mainly British
expressing annoyance:
〖間投詞的に〗しまった
e.g. “Blast! The car won't start!”.
PHRASES
a blast from the past
informal something forcefully nostalgic:
e.g. a request for a real old blast from the past.
full blast
maximum power or intensity:
e.g. the heat is on full blast.
PHRASAL VERBS
blast off
(of a rocket or spacecraft) take off from a launching site:
e.g. space shuttles generally blast off with a minimum of fuss.
ORIGIN
Old English blǣst, of Germanic origin; related to blaze3.