英语词汇“to draw a blank”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to draw a blank: (originally) to draw a ticket in a lottery to which no prize is attached (see blank n. 4); (now figurative) (of a person) to be unsuccessful, to fail in a search or enquiry, to fail to recall or recognize something; (of a thing) to fail to produce a result, to fail to be recalled or recognized, to yield nothing.

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1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan iii. i. sig. D4 Husbands are like lotts in the lottery: you may drawe forty blankes before you finde one that has any prise in him.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xxii. 213 Marriage shall prove no lottery to thee, when the hand of providence chuseth for thee, who, if drawing a blank, can turn it into a prize by sanctifying a bad wife unto thee.

1762 St. James's Chron. 12 Jan. The King of Prussia..presuming, that his Lot would at last entitle him..to his great Disappointment he drew—a Blank.

1825 Sporting Mag. 16 25/1 One hundred sovereigns is a very pretty ‘find’ in any man's pocket, and particularly so in one which is sometimes drawn a blank.

1914 Sphere 19 Dec. 296/1 She was worrying over Miss Titmus's probable annoyance at drawing a blank from her godchild.

1969 Woman 19 Apr. 36/2 Ask the health visitor to introduce you to other mothers..if you..draw a blank at the clinic.

1996 A. Ghosh Calcutta Chromosome (1997) iv. 21 The first search drew a blank, so then Antar took Ava hurrying into the Council's vast archives where the records of all the global organizations were kept.

1998 L. Forbes Bombay Ice (1999) 89 Sami's name drew a blank, although Satish admitted that she might have been in the Unit under the previous director.

2000 Vanity Fair Oct. 152/3 Trying to recall how long she's worked at ‘the D. Q.’, she draws a blank.

单词	to draw a blank
释义	> as lemmas to draw a blank a. to draw a blank: (originally) to draw a ticket in a lottery to which no prize is attached (see blank n. 4); (now figurative) (of a person) to be unsuccessful, to fail in a search or enquiry, to fail to recall or recognize something; (of a thing) to fail to produce a result, to fail to be recalled or recognized, to yield nothing. ΚΠ 1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan iii. i. sig. D4 Husbands are like lotts in the lottery: you may drawe forty blankes before you finde one that has any prise in him. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xxii. 213 Marriage shall prove no lottery to thee, when the hand of providence chuseth for thee, who, if drawing a blank, can turn it into a prize by sanctifying a bad wife unto thee. 1762 St. James's Chron. 12 Jan. The King of Prussia..presuming, that his Lot would at last entitle him..to his great Disappointment he drew—a Blank. 1825 Sporting Mag. 16 25/1 One hundred sovereigns is a very pretty ‘find’ in any man's pocket, and particularly so in one which is sometimes drawn a blank. 1914 Sphere 19 Dec. 296/1 She was worrying over Miss Titmus's probable annoyance at drawing a blank from her godchild. 1969 Woman 19 Apr. 36/2 Ask the health visitor to introduce you to other mothers..if you..draw a blank at the clinic. 1996 A. Ghosh Calcutta Chromosome (1997) iv. 21 The first search drew a blank, so then Antar took Ava hurrying into the Council's vast archives where the records of all the global organizations were kept. 1998 L. Forbes Bombay Ice (1999) 89 Sami's name drew a blank, although Satish admitted that she might have been in the Unit under the previous director. 2000 Vanity Fair Oct. 152/3 Trying to recall how long she's worked at ‘the D. Q.’, she draws a blank. extracted from drawv. < as lemmas
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