| 释义 |
bla·tant \ˈblātənt\ adjective Etymology: perhaps from Latin blatire to chatter, gossip + English -ant; perhaps of imitative origin like Middle Low German pladderen to chat, gossip, Swedish pladder loose gossip, Danish bladre to gossip, Latin blaterare to chatter, bleat, croak 1. : noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : loud and clamorous < an enormous blatant jukebox — Dan Wickenden > 2. : obtrusive in an offensive manner: a. : conspicuous or enforcing attention in a vulgar manner (as by gaudy pretense) < the predominant tendency toward a coarse and blatant westernization — Harold Strauss > b. : completely or crassly obvious : prominent < loathed the squalor and blatant poverty — Willard Robertson > especially : brazen < found this blatant form of intellectual seduction irresistible — Anthony West > Synonyms: see vociferous |