blow-dry

blow-dry — 動詞

IPA/ˈbləʊ.draɪ/
IPA/ˈbloʊ.draɪ/
  • blow-drypresent simple I / you / we / they
  • blow-dries3rd person singular
  • blow-drying-ing form
  • blow-driedpast simple

1. to use a hairdryer to send a stream of hot air over wet hair until it becomes dr

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B1
釋義

吹乾

用吹風機吹乾頭髮

to use a hairdryer to send a stream of hot air over wet hair until it becomes dry, often while brushing or shaping it at the same time.

例句

Shirin blow-dried her hair in five minutes before dashing out the door.

Shirin 在衝出家門前，用五分鐘把頭髮吹乾了。

transitive: blow-dry + object (hair)

The salon assistant offered to blow-dry Meera's hair after the haircut.

美髮沙龍的助理在剪完頭髮後，主動提出要幫 Meera 吹乾頭髮。

passive infinitive: offered to blow-dry + object

同義詞
  • dry

    general word; does not specify using a hairdryer

  • style

    focuses on shaping rather than the drying method

反義詞
  • air-dry

    to let hair dry naturally without heat

文法句型

blow-dry + object (hair)

blow-dry (no object)

用法筆記

When used transitively, the object is always hair (or a specific section of hair). The intransitive use (e.g. 'I need to blow-dry before we go') is common in informal spoken English.

常見錯誤

❌I blow-dried my clothes after they got wet in the rain.
✅I blew my clothes dry with a hairdryer after they got wet in the rain.
💡'blow-dry' is only used for hair, not for other objects.
❌She blow-dryed her hair.
✅She blow-dried her hair.
💡The past form is 'blow-dried' (irregular by analogy with 'dry → dried'), not 'blow-dryed'.

blow-dry — 名詞

IPA/ˈbləʊ draɪ/
IPA/ˈbləʊ draɪ/