blow² n [C] 1 a hard hit with a hand, tool, or weapon 重击: a blow to the head 在头上的一记重击 2 an event that makes you very unhappy or shocks you 打击: Her mother's death was a terrible blow. 她母亲的去世是一个可怕的打击。 3 come to blows if two people come to blows, they get so angry that they start hitting each other 打起来