英汉词典

blank 基本解释

• adj. 空白的；空虚的；单调的
• n. 空白；空虚；空白表格
• vt. 使…无效；使…模糊；封锁
• vi. 消失；成为空白
• n. (Blank)人名；(法)布朗克；(英、德、西、俄、罗、捷、瑞典、芬)布兰克

blank 词态变化

blank 中文词源

来自PIE * bhel, 燃烧，发光。此处指发白光，白色。

blank 英文词源

blank

blank: [15] Although English got blank from French blanc ‘white’, its ultimate source is Germanic. Forms such as Old High German blanc ‘white’ suggest a prehistoric Germanic *blangkaz, which could have been borrowed into Romanic, the undifferentiated precursor of the Romance languages, as *blancus – hence French blanc, Italian bianco, Spanish blanco, and Portuguese branco.

The word originally meant simply ‘white’ in English, but this sense had all but died out by the early 18th century, by which time the present-day ‘unmarked’ was well established. Other derivatives of French blanc include the verb blanch [14], from French blanchier, and blanket [13], from Old French blancquet. Blanco is a trade name (based on blanc) coined in the 1890s for a whitening preparation for military webbing (subsequently applied to the khakicoloured version as well).
=> blanch, blanket

blank (adj.)

early 13c., "white, pale, colorless," from Old French blanc "white, shining," from Frankish *blank "white, gleaming," or some other West Germanic source (compare Old Norse blakkr, Old English blanca "white horse;" Old High German blanc, blanch; German blank "shining, bright"), from Proto-Germanic *blangkaz "to shine, dazzle," extended form of PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)).

Meaning "having empty spaces" evolved c. 1400. Sense of "void of expression" (a blank look) is from 1550s. Spanish blanco, Italian bianco are said to be from Germanic. Related: Blankly, blankness.

blank (n.)

late 14c. as the name of a small French coin; 1550s as "white space in the center of a target," from the same source as blank (adj.). Meaning "empty space" (in a document, etc.) is from c. 1570. Meaning "losing lottery ticket" (1560s) is behind the expression draw a blank. The word has been "for decorum's sake, substituted for a word of execration" [OED] from 1854. From 1896 as short for blank cartridge (itself from 1826).

blank (v.)

1540s, "to nonplus, disconcert, shut up;" 1560s, "to frustrate," from blank (adj.). Sports sense of "defeat (another team) without allowing a score" is from 1870. Meaning "to become blank or empty" is from 1955. Related: Blanked; blanking.

blank 词组搭配

blank 英文释义

1. a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing;

"he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"

2. a substitute for a taboo word;

"I hit the blank blank car"

3. a blank gap or missing part

4. a piece of material ready to be made into something

5. a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet

blank 同义词解析

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。

blank 双语例句

1. They shot him at point blank range with an automatic rifle.

他们用自动步枪近距离开枪射杀了他。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Write your letter and seal it in a blank envelope.

信写好后把它装进空白信封里封好。

来自柯林斯例句

3. They drew a blank in their search for the driver.

他们四处寻找那个司机，但一无所获。

来自柯林斯例句

4. When they found us guilty, I just went blank.

当他们判定我们有罪时，我的脑子顿时一片空白。

来自柯林斯例句

5. I was trying to blank out previous situations from my mind.

我试图将先前的境遇从大脑中抹去。

来自柯林斯例句

blank 实用场景例句

Write on one side of the paper and leave the other side blank.

写在纸的一面，把另一面空出来。

牛津词典

She turned to a blank page in her notebook.

她翻开笔记本的一张空白页。

牛津词典

blank whitewashed walls

光秃秃的白灰墙

牛津词典

Suddenly the screen went blank .

屏幕突然变成一片空白。

牛津词典

She stared at me with a blank expression on her face.

她木然地盯着我。

牛津词典

Steve looked blank and said he had no idea what I was talking about.

史蒂夫显得很迷惑，说他不知道我在说什么。

牛津词典

Suddenly my mind went blank (= I could not remember anything).

我脑子里突然一片空白。

牛津词典

a blank refusal/denial

断然拒绝 / 否认

牛津词典

She stared blankly into space, not knowing what to say next.

她两眼发直，不知道下面该说什么。

牛津词典

Please fill in the blanks .

请在空白处填写。

牛津词典

If you can't answer the question, leave a blank.

如果回答不了问题，就空着它。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

The troops fired blanks in the air.

部队向空中放空弹。

牛津词典

I saw her on the bus this morning, but she totally blanked me.

我今天早晨在公共汽车上见到她，但她连一眼都没瞧我。

牛津词典

I knew the answer, but I totally blanked during the test.

我本来知道答案，但考试时我什么都忘了。

牛津词典

The screen blanked out.

屏幕突然变成一片空白。

牛津词典

All the names in the letter had been blanked out.

信中所有的名字都已涂掉。

牛津词典

She had tried to blank out the whole experience.

她曾试图把全部经历从记忆中抹去。

牛津词典

a blank CD

空白光盘

牛津词典

Sign your name in the blank space below.

把名字签在下面的空白处。

牛津词典

My mind went totally blank.

我的脑子突然一片空白。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They drew a blank in their search for the driver.

他们四处寻找那个司机，但一无所获。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a starter pistol which only fires blanks.

只发射空包弹的发令枪

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I came round in hospital and did not know where I was. Everything was a complete blank.

我在医院里醒了过来，不知道自己身在何处。一切都是空白。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We could put some of the pictures over on that blank wall over there...

我们可以把一些图画贴在那边的空白墙壁上。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He tore a blank page from his notebook.

他从他的笔记本上撕下一页空白纸。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Put a word in each blank to complete the sentence.

每个空格填上一个单词，把句子补充完整。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Abbot looked blank. 'I don't quite follow, sir.'...

阿博特一脸茫然。“我没听明白，先生。”

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His daughter gave him a blank look.

他女儿漠然地看了他一眼。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I'm sorry, but my mind is a blank...

对不起，我脑子里一片空白。

柯林斯高阶英语词典