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单词 blur
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blur

noun
/blɜː(r)/
/blɜːr/
[usually singular]
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  1. a shape that you cannot see clearly, often because it is moving too fast
    • His arm was a rapid blur of movement as he struck.
    • Everything is a blur when I take my glasses off.
    Extra Examples
    • The object was a dim blur in the moonlight.
    • a blur of colours and patterns
    • a blur of fire and smoke
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dim
    • faint
    • pale
    preposition
    • blur of
    phrases
    • be all a bit of a blur
    • be all a blur
    • be just a blur
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  2. something that you cannot remember clearly
    • The events of that day were just a blur.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dim
    • faint
    • pale
    preposition
    • blur of
    phrases
    • be all a bit of a blur
    • be all a blur
    • be just a blur
    See full entry
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘smear that partially obscures something)’.

blur

verb
/blɜː(r)/
/blɜːr/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they blur
/blɜː(r)/
/blɜːr/
he / she / it blurs
/blɜːz/
/blɜːrz/
past simple blurred
/blɜːd/
/blɜːrd/
past participle blurred
/blɜːd/
/blɜːrd/
-ing form blurring
/ˈblɜːrɪŋ/
/ˈblɜːrɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] if the shape or outline of something blurs, or if something blurs it, it becomes less clear and sharp
    • The writing blurred and danced before his eyes.
    • blur something The mist blurred the edges of the buildings.
  2. [transitive, intransitive] blur (something) if something blurs your eyes or vision, or your eyes or vision blur, you cannot see things clearly
    • Tears blurred her eyes.
  3. [intransitive, transitive] to become or make it become difficult to recognize a clear difference between things
    • The differences between art and life seem to have blurred.
    • The line between make-believe and reality became increasingly blurred.
    • blur something She tends to blur the distinction between her friends and her colleagues.
    • His work has blurred the boundaries between children’s and adults’ fiction.
  4. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘smear that partially obscures something)’.

Blur

/blɜː(r)/
/blɜːr/
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  1. a British pop group, one of the most popular of the Britpop groups of the 1990s. Their most successful albums include Parklife (1994), The Great Escape (1995) and Think Tank (2003).
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