单词 | blur |
释义 | blur (blɜːʳ ) Word forms: blurs , blurring , blurred 1. countable noun A blur is a shape or area which you cannot see clearly because it has no distinct outline or because it is moving very fast. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a blur of movement on the other side of the glass. [+ of] Her face is a blur. Synonyms: haze, confusion, fog, obscurity 2. verb When a thing blurs or when something blurs it, you cannot see it clearly because its edges are no longer distinct. This creates a spectrum of colours at the edges of objects which blurs the image. [VERB noun] If you move your eyes and your head, the picture will blur. [VERB] Synonyms: become indistinct, soften, become vague, become hazy blurred adjective ...blurred black and white photographs. Synonyms: indistinct, faint, vague, unclear 3. verb If something blurs an idea or a distinction between things, that idea or distinction no longer seems clear. His latest work blurs the distinction between fact and fiction. [VERB noun] The evidence is blurred by central banks' reluctance to reveal their blunders. [VERB noun] blurred adjective The line between fact and fiction is becoming blurred. Synonyms: indistinct, vague, unclear, fuzzy 4. verb If your vision blurs, or if something blurs it, you cannot see things clearly. Her eyes, behind her glasses, began to blur. [VERB] Sweat ran from his forehead into his eyes, blurring his vision. [VERB noun] blurred adjective ...visual disturbances like eye-strain and blurred vision. Collocations: blur a boundary The idea of advisers and ministers developing a shared position 'might blur the boundary between objective scientific advice and policy', he said. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps as a result of this progression, studies of sculptures repeatedly blur the boundary between flesh and marble, content and medium. The Times Literary Supplement Many of this generation blur the boundary between the everyday world and the virtual world. The Sun Some writers blur the boundary between hard and soft science fiction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also begins to blur the boundary between gaming and reality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It blurred the face of the assailant and another man, possibly an accomplice. Times, Sunday Times It did not name the man but published what it said was a photograph of him with his face blurred out. Times, Sunday Times The other mourners gather around her, their faces blurred. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Here are some more stats that blur the picture. Times, Sunday Times These measures, according to campaigners, blurred the picture in terms of whether its coffee shops were profitable or loss-making. Times, Sunday Times Yet an excess of gloom risks blurring the picture. Times, Sunday Times As the audience laughs he sweats and wipes the napkin on his head by accident, blurring the picture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The censorship usually takes the form of dubbing out the offending phrase or by blurring the picture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What we did was blur the image between the professional and the personal. Christianity Today Camera shake can blur the image and the subject (which might have moved) can not be seen at the instant of exposure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Depth maps can be used to selectively blur an image to varying degrees. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although there are no colors in the photograph, chromatic aberration will blur the image. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The show's panicstricken production team were all over the place, of course, remonstrating with him in the background and blurring his image when he started gesturing behind the guests. The Sun In other cases, they blur the background in a way that’s easily detectable or might work only for static objects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Portrait mode, and the ability to blur the background on images not taken in portrait mode, are also winners. The Sun You can also use a portrait mode to blur the background. The Sun The group has blurred the background to try to make the setting impossible to identify after the locations of previous videos were recognised. Times, Sunday Times This blurred the background, but froze the subject in motion. Times, Sunday Times Over the past dozen or so years, television and movie-makers have managed to blur the border between fact and fiction to an unprecedented degree. Times, Sunday Times This isn't the only case of the works of art we talk about blurring the borders of the definition. Times,Sunday Times Shedding their historical costumes during the interval, the choir returned in elegant evening gowns, a reminder that these songs blur the borders between folk, contemporary classical and left-field pop. Times, Sunday Times In some cyberpunk writing, much of the action takes place online, in cyberspace, blurring the border between actual and virtual reality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He blurs the border between painting and photography however, by experimenting with his printing surfaces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 1990s, for example, he tried to blur the distinction between reality and fiction in his own life by transforming himself into a superhero. The Times Literary Supplement It would 'blur the distinction' between marriage and civil partnership. Times, Sunday Times The whole wall of the kitchen can be tipped open to let air in and to blur the distinction between inside and outside. Times, Sunday Times If you allow one crank belief to be treated respectfully in public debate, let alone go unchallenged, then you blur the distinction between truth and superstition. Times, Sunday Times The need to stop focusing 'on things and shift attention to the processes that generate the things', for example, should, in turn, blur the distinction between nature and economy. The Times Literary Supplement Specifically, virtual reality video games that blur the line between what is real and what is not. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It does not help anybody if there is a blurred line. Times, Sunday Times (2012) To be a great motorcycle rider you have to blur the line between man and machine by winning on more than one bike. Times, Sunday Times (2012) I admire the way they blur the line between biped and quadruped. Times, Sunday Times (2007) By the fifth or sixth of them, they start to blur together. Christianity Today It can all blur together after a while. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes it feels like the weeks and the seasons all start to blur together. Christianity Today This week in particular the films blur together into one great miasma of inadequacy, with eerily similar thematic concerns, identical pretensions and a deadening fear of storytelling. Times, Sunday Times All his memories have blurred together, lacking form and structure. Times, Sunday Times Rarely do three horses cross the winning line as one blurred image. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Her voice seemed to come from miles away and her image was blurred. No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007) The disturbed water threw back a blurred image of them both. THE ENDLESS GAME An accelerometer helps it to avoid motion blur. Times, Sunday Times The process also allowed the blue screen procedure to cope with glassware, cigarette smoke, blowing hair and motion blur, which had caused problems previously. Times, Sunday Times They are also prone to motion blur with fast-moving images. Times, Sunday Times I love the furious motion blur on his limbs and the clean focus on his face. Times, Sunday Times By flicking your wrist twice it knows you need a camera, which has a 10mp sensor that both captures very dark scenes and stops motion blur in bright light... Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 模糊不清 Japanese: 不鮮明 |
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