| 单词 | blank |
| 释义 | blank (once / 272 pages) 1adjn 2adj 3nadj 4v Something that's blank is empty or undecorated. A blank canvas hasn't been drawn or painted on yet — it's clean and unmarked. A blank computer screen has no information on it, and a blank look on someone's face is completely free of any expression, revealing nothing. If your mind goes blank during a job interview, you are left without any thoughts for a moment. When blank is a noun, it means "a line to be filled in" or "an empty space." In the 1500s, a blank was the empty, white center of a target, from the French word blanc, or "white." WORD FAMILYblank: blanked, blanker, blankest, blanking, blankly, blankness, blanks+/blankness: blanknesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe reality is that he was at work on “Blank Face LP” — and being a father to his 7-year-old daughter. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Falcons owner Arthur Blank said the $1.6 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which opens next year, will be ready to host his MLS team this summer. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) “It’s a plain vanilla blank canvas,” she said. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1adj (of a surface) not written or printed on blank pages fill in the blank spaces Syn clean, white empty holding or containing nothing 2n a blank gap or missing part Syn|Hyper lacuna crack, gap a narrow opening 3n a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing Syn|Hyper space character, grapheme, graphic symbol a written symbol that is used to represent speech 4n a piece of material ready to be made into something 2Hyper flat solid, sheet a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width adj void of expression 3a blank stare Syn vacuous incommunicative, uncommunicative not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions 1n a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet Syn|Hyper blank shell, dummy cartridge ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun 2adj not charged with a bullet 4a blank cartridge Syn unloaded (of weapons) not charged with ammunition v keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning Hyper keep, prevent stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state |
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