一、详细释义:
adj.
空的,空白的
例句:
She would plant one seed in the blank wall.
她要在这空白的墙上播下一颗种子。
例句:
He handed me a blank check.
他递给我一张空白支票。
茫然的;空虚的
例句:
He looked at me in blank amazement.
他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。
例句:
There was a blank look on his face.
他脸上有一种茫然的表情。
单调的
例句:
The dawn offers the blank stare of an immense sky.
这里的破晓让你看见无边无际的单调天空。
n.
填空处,空白表格
例句:
Put your name in the blank space.
在空白处写上你的名字。
例句:
Fill in relevant information in the blank of the form.
表格空白处写相关信息。
空白;空虚
例句:
My mind was a blank and I couldn't remember her name.
我脑子里是一片空白 ,记不起她的名字了。
例句:
His life is a total blank whenever he isn't hoping for you.
不论什么时候,只要他失去得到你的希望,他的生活也就彻底空虚了。
v.
封锁 [T]
例句:
The news was blanked off in your country.
在你们国家,新闻被封锁了。
使…无效;阻止(对手)得分 [T]
例句:
New York has been blanked this season.
纽约队在这一赛季总得不了分。
(使)消失 [I,T]
例句:
The music gradually blanked out.
音乐逐渐消失。
使模糊 [T]
例句:
The television screen blanked out.
电视屏幕变得模糊不清。
二、词义辨析:
empty,vacant,hollow,blank,open
这些形容词都有“空的”之意。empty指空无一人或一物,或空洞无意义的。vacant普通用词,侧重某物或某个位置没有被占用。hollow指物体中间是空的。blank指上面没有写字、印刷或做记号的空白表面,或指上面留着准备被填写的空白处。open指未被占有,从而可被别人得到的。
三、相关短语:
blank out
取消,删掉,忘记
blank verse
无韵诗,自由诗
draw a blank
phr. 未找到,落空,徒劳无功,一片空白,记不起来
blank check
n.未记入金额的签名支票,自由处理权空白支票
blank cheque
空白支票a cheque that has been signed but on which the amount payable has not been specified , so that it can be exchanged for whatever amount is entered.未填金额的签名支票,可支取任何数目的支票。“Blank cheque” 转意为:自由处理权,全权。如:“To seek a blank cheque to back the present policy.”为支持现有政策谋求行事的全权。“Bestow virtual blank cheque on the school authorities.”授学校当局以实际上的全权。