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核心畫面

You can picture blank as a surface with nothing on it yet — a page, screen, or wall that is empty, waiting, with no marks. From that empty surface the word spreads: an empty face, an empty memory, an empty space on a form, even a cartridge that is 'empty' of a real bullet.

可以想成 blank 是「上面什麼都還沒有」的一個面——一張白紙、一塊空螢幕、一面空牆，乾乾淨淨、空著等人來填。核心…更多收起可以想成 blank 是「上面什麼都還沒有」的一個面——一張白紙、一塊空螢幕、一面空牆，乾乾淨淨、空著等人來填。核心畫面比較像那個「空白、沒有任何記號」的狀態。從這個空面往外長：空白的表情、空白的記憶、表格上的空格，甚至連「沒裝真子彈」的空包彈，都是同一個「空」。

原始詞典資料40 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Blankname

  • 1

    A surname.

    • The same preoccupation with developing a conceptual framework is evident in David Blank's Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic, a modified version of Blank's early theses.
  • 2

    datedUsed as an anonymous placeholder for a person's name.

    • Miss Compton, in 'Other People's Worries,' asks rhetorically whether a young rip was not in the Blank divorce case.

blankadj/ˈblæŋk/

  • 1

    archaicWhite or pale; without colour.

    • To the blanc Moone / Her office they preſcrib'd,
  • 2

    Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.

    • blank paper
    • a blank check
  • 3

    Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.

    • a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness
    • Not a cloud in the blank blue sky.
  • 4

    Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.

    • a blank refusal to cooperate
    • There was a look of blank terror on his face.
  • 5

    Without expression, usually because of incomprehension.

    • Failing to understand the question, he gave me a blank stare.
    • a blank glassy look
  • 6

    Utterly confounded or discomfited.

    • Adam […] Aſtonied ſtood and Blank,
  • 7

    Empty; void; without result; fruitless; futile.

    • a blank day
  • 8

    Devoid of thoughts, memory, or inspiration.

    • The shock left his memory blank.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    governmentmilitarypoliticsOf ammunition: having propellant but no bullets; unbulleted.

    • The recruits were issued blank rounds for a training exercise.

blanknoun/ˈblæŋk/

  • 1

    archaicobsoletehistoricalA small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence.

    • Whosoeuer brought a fagot before the kynges tent, he shulde haue a blanke of Fraunce.
  • 2

    obsoleteA nonplus.

  • 3

    The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim.

    • Des. […] And stood within the blank of his displeasure / For my free speech! (Act III, scene 11)
    • Kent. See better, Lear, and let me still remain / The true blank of thine eye. (Act I, scene 2)
  • 4

    A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.

    • […] and in Fortune's Lottery lies / A heap of Blanks, like this, for one ſmall Prize.
  • 5

    An empty space; a void, for example on a paper.

    • Write your answers in the blanks.
  • 6

    An empty space; a void, for example on a paper.

  • 7

    A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form.

    • […] and the freemen signified their approbation by an inscribed vote, and their dissent by a blank.
  • 8

    A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form.

另外 14 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled in at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form.

  • 10

    literaturemediapublishingBlank verse.

  • 11

    engineeringmechanical-engineeringmechanicsA piece of material roughly cut, forged, cast, etc. to the size and shape of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping.

  • 12

    engineeringmechanical-engineeringmechanicsA piece of material roughly cut, forged, cast, etc. to the size and shape of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping.

  • 13

    A vacant space, place, or period; a void.

    • Du. And what's her hiſtory? Vio. A blanke my Lord:
  • 14

    The ¹ / ₂₃₀₄₀₀ of a grain.

  • 15

    An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory.

    • My head is so ill that I cannot write a paper full as I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch from you.
    • From this time there ensues a long blank in the history of French legislation.
  • 16

    A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word.

  • 17

    The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space bar on a keyboard.

  • 18

    dominoesgamesA domino without points on one or both of its divisions.

    • the double blank
    • the six blank
  • 19

    Scrabbleboard-gamesgamesA tile that can be played as any letter and having a point value of zero.

  • 20

    chemistryhobbieslifestyleAn ineffective effort which achieves nothing.

  • 21

    slanghobbieslifestylesportsAn ineffective effort which achieves nothing.

  • 22

    Used as a substitute for a profanity.

    • The Beatles have fabulous music, a tough sound! Who gives a blank if they can read music!

blankverb/ˈblæŋk/

  • 1

    To make void; to erase.

    • I blanked out my previous entry.
  • 2

    slangTo ignore (a person) deliberately.

    • She blanked me for no reason.
    • Taylor Swift goes viral for blanking Celine Dion on stage at Grammys 2024 […] Taylor Swift received backlash for being 'disrespectful' by 'ignoring' Celine Dion while accepting the award for Album of the Year at the Grammys on Sunday.
  • 3

    aeronauticsaerospaceaviationTo render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.

    • At high angles of attack, the shuttle’s rudder is blanked by the fuselage and wings, forcing it to use its RCS thrusters for yaw control.
  • 4

    To prevent from scoring; for example, in a sporting event.

    • The team was blanked.
    • England blanks Wales to advance to the final.
  • 5

    To become blank.

    • In OPS 6, the 2 EO color field does blank at SSME fine count. Once in fine count in route to an RTLS MECO, the energy state is such that one engine can carry the orbiter though powered pitch-down to a healthy MECO condition with standard RTLS guidance.
  • 6

    informalTo experience a temporary lapse of memory; to be temporarily unable to remember a particular fact. (Commonly used in the first person, present progressive tense, and commonly followed by on to create a transitive phrasal verb.)

    • I’m blanking on her name right now.
    • She asked him a simple question during the interview, and he blanked.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。