| 单词 | blank |
| 释义 | blank —blankness, n. /blangk/, adj., blanker, blankest, n. , v. adj. 1. (of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on: a blank sheet of paper. 2. not filled in, as a printed form: a blank check. 3. unrelieved or unbroken by ornament, opening, decoration, etc.: a blank wall. 4. lacking some usual or completing feature: a blank roll of film. 5. (of a recording medium) containing no previously recorded information: a blank videocassette; a blank floppy disk. Cf. prerecorded. 6. void of interest, variety, results, etc.: She sometimes occupied her blank days reading detective stories. 7. showing no attention, interest, or emotion: a blank expression on his face. 8. disconcerted; nonplussed; speechless: He looked blank when I asked him why he applied for the job. 9. complete; utter; unmitigated: blank stupidity. 10. Archaic. white; pale; colorless. n. 11. a place where something is lacking; an empty space: a blank in one's memory. 12. a space in a printed form, test, etc., to be filled in: Write your name in the blank. 13. a printed form containing such spaces: Have you filled out one of these blanks? 14. a dash put in place of an omitted letter, series of letters, etc., esp. to avoid writing a word considered profane or obscene. 15. Metalworking. a piece of metal ready to be drawn, pressed, or machined into a finished object. 16. Archery. the bull's-eye. 17. the object toward which anything is directed; aim; target. 18. See blank cartridge. 19. draw a blank, a. to fail in an attempt; be unsuccessful: We've drawn a blank in the investigation. b. to fail to comprehend or be unable to recollect: He asked me their phone number and I drew a blank. v.t. 20. to cross out or delete, esp. in order to invalidate or void (usually fol. by out): to blank out an entry. 21. Informal. to keep (an opponent) from scoring in a game. 22. Metalworking. to stamp or punch out of flat stock, as with a die. [1300-50; ME (n. and adj.) < AF, F blanc (adj.) < Gmc; cf. OE blanca white horse, OHG blanch bright, white] Syn. 1-4. See empty. 8. dumfounded, confused, astounded. 9. pure, simple, unadulterated; perfect, absolute, unqualified. 11. void, vacancy, emptiness; gap, lacuna, hiatus. |
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