请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 bland
释义
bland
(blænd )
Word forms: blander , blandest
1. adjective
If you describe someone or something as bland, you mean that they are rather dull and unexciting.
Serle has a blander personality than Howard.
It sounds like an advert: easy on the ear but bland and forgettable.
...a bland, 12-storey office block.
Synonyms: dull, boring, weak, plain  
blandness uncountable noun
...the blandness of television.
2. adjective
Food that is bland has very little flavour.
It tasted bland and insipid, like warmed cardboard.
Synonyms: tasteless, weak, watered-down, insipid  
Collocations:
a little bland
A little dry, a little bland, and just as it should be.
Times, Sunday Times
The controversies, small though they were, added a touch of spice to a dish that was becoming a little bland.
Times, Sunday Times
The words on the deficit are fine, if a little bland.
Times, Sunday Times
But in terms of musical content, his seasons have become a little bland.
Times, Sunday Times
Service was great but the meal was a little bland.
The Sun
bland diet
She survives on a bland diet of filtered water, lentils, brown rice, carrots, apples and plantain.
The Sun
Many milk and dairy products are permissible, even recommended, on a bland diet, but there are a few exceptions.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
A bland diet allows the digestive tract to heal before introducing more difficult to digest foods.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
Perhaps, the most difficult adjustment for some to a bland diet may involve meats and proteins.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
bland food
Wind them up and they march across the table to wage robot war on bland food.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The British reputation for bland food is recently acquired.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I was dreading the prospect of hospital fare: bland food and sugary drinks.
The Sun (2016)
bland statement
Even this bland statement was delivered as a ringing battle cry of barely contained fury.
Times, Sunday Times
Chambers declined to appear in person, agreeing only to issue a bland statement.
Times, Sunday Times
Behind that bland statement lies one of the world's great maritime mysteries.
Times, Sunday Times
Talk to the company now and senior employees are often reduced to bland statements.
Times, Sunday Times
However, she contained the party disputes over these matters within some fairly bland statements.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 没精打采的
Japanese: つまらない
随便看

 

英语词典包含147115条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/20 15:43:40