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full-blown

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈfull-blown adjective [only before noun]  COMPLETEhaving all the qualities of something that is at its most complete or advanced stage 成熟的;充分发展的 The drop in shares could develop into a full-blown crisis. 股票价格下跌可能会发展成一场全面的危机。 full-blown AIDS 完全型艾滋病
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full-blownAs in any full-blown controversy, these polarised positions were the ones taken up by most contributors to the fight.But doctors predicted that her chance of developing full-blown diabetes in the next five years was at least 1 in 4.What began as a serious oil spill has become a full-blown environmental disaster.Others again, such as physics, chemistry or history, have important professional associations or societies without being full-blown professions.Now, however, they are being formally recognised as mild, but genuine, variations of full-blown psychosis.
Origin full-blown (1600-1700) → FULL1 + blown, past participle of blow to produce flowers, from Old English blowan
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full-blown
ˈfull-blown adjective [only before noun]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: full1 + blown, past participle of blow 'to produce flowers', from Old English blowan
having all the qualities of something that is at its most complete or advanced stage:
    The drop in shares could develop into a full-blown crisis.
    full-blown AIDS


full-blownBrE /ˌfʊl ˈbləʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfʊl ˈbloʊn/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] having all the characteristics of sb/sth; fully developed 具所有特征的;成熟的full-blown AIDS完全型艾滋病The border dispute turned into a full-blown crisis. 边境争端已演变成全面性的危机。🔊🔊