blasphemy n.罵神;冒瀆;不敬;咒罵 [ME
blatant a.喧嘩的;炫耀的 [a word used by Spenser(1596), perh after Sc blatand = bleating bleat 咩地叫;抱怨地說(shuō)]
blazon v.宣布;用紋章裝飾 [ME
bleach v.n.漂白 [bleachers 露天座位]
bleak a.寒冷的;荒涼的 [ME prob
bleed v.流血;流出樹(shù)液;榨錢(qián) [OE bledan
blemish n.v.傷;污點(diǎn);缺點(diǎn);損傷 [ME
blench v.退縮;變白;使變白 [ME
blend v.混雜;混合
[~ mayonnaise with other ingredients把蛋黃醬與其他材料混合 The colors of the rainbow ~ into one anothe]r虹的色彩交融調(diào)和
bless v.神圣化;祈福 [OE bloedsian,
blight n.v.障害;陰影;枯凋;挫折 [blighted毀滅的;受蟲(chóng)害的]
blink v.閃爍 [partly var of blenk = BLENCH, partly
bliss n.極樂(lè);極大幸福;喜悅 [OE bliths, bliss
blithe a.快樂(lè)的;無(wú)憂無(wú)慮的
blitz n.v.閃擊戰(zhàn);以閃擊戰(zhàn)攻擊 [abbr of BLITZKRIEG(<德語(yǔ))= blitz]
blizzard n.大風(fēng)雪;突發(fā)事件 [US 'violent blow'(1829), 'snowstorm'(1859)]
bloat v.n.熏制;膨脹;自負(fù) [obs. bloat swollen, soft and wet, perh.
bloated a.發(fā)脹的;傲慢的 [a ~ face 浮腫的臉 ~ with (from) overeating 因吃得太多而浮胖 a ~ politician 自大的政客 He is ~ with] [pride 他狂妄自大]
blockade n.v.封鎖;堵塞;堵塞 [BLOCK+-ADE, prob after ambuscade= ambush]
blond a.金發(fā)男人 [ME
bloom n.花,開(kāi)花;鮮美;紅潤(rùn) [OE bloma]
blossom n.花;群花;開(kāi)花期,花季 [OE blostm(a) prob. formed as BLOOM]
blot n.v.污痕;弱點(diǎn);抹臟;吸干 [ME prob.
blotch n.v.污點(diǎn);斑點(diǎn);弄臟 [17th c:
bloted a.腫脹的
blotto a.爛醉的 [20th c: perh
blouse n.罩衫
blowhard n.吹牛大家
bludgeon n.v.棍棒;強(qiáng)迫;脅迫;恫嚇 [~ a person to death 把某人打死 ~ a person into going along 強(qiáng)迫某人同行]
blueprint n.藍(lán)圖;設(shè)計(jì)圖
bluestocking n.女學(xué)者;醉心文學(xué)的女人 [from the (less formal) blue stockings worn by one man at a literary society meeting c.1750]
bluff v.虛張聲勢(shì)
blunder v.犯錯(cuò)誤 [ME prob
blunt a.鈍的;粗鹵的;生硬的 [blunge 混合(泥土與水等);參水拌]
blur v.使烏黑;變模糊 [16th c: perh rel to BLEAR<眼睛>花的;朦朧的,模糊不清的]
blurt v.滑口說(shuō)出 [In his anger he ~ed out the secret 他在生氣之下脫口說(shuō)出了秘密
blatant a.喧嘩的;炫耀的 [a word used by Spenser(1596), perh after Sc blatand = bleating bleat 咩地叫;抱怨地說(shuō)]
blazon v.宣布;用紋章裝飾 [ME
bleach v.n.漂白 [bleachers 露天座位]
bleak a.寒冷的;荒涼的 [ME prob
bleed v.流血;流出樹(shù)液;榨錢(qián) [OE bledan
blemish n.v.傷;污點(diǎn);缺點(diǎn);損傷 [ME
blench v.退縮;變白;使變白 [ME
blend v.混雜;混合
[~ mayonnaise with other ingredients把蛋黃醬與其他材料混合 The colors of the rainbow ~ into one anothe]r虹的色彩交融調(diào)和
bless v.神圣化;祈福 [OE bloedsian,
blight n.v.障害;陰影;枯凋;挫折 [blighted毀滅的;受蟲(chóng)害的]
blink v.閃爍 [partly var of blenk = BLENCH, partly
bliss n.極樂(lè);極大幸福;喜悅 [OE bliths, bliss
blithe a.快樂(lè)的;無(wú)憂無(wú)慮的
blitz n.v.閃擊戰(zhàn);以閃擊戰(zhàn)攻擊 [abbr of BLITZKRIEG(<德語(yǔ))= blitz]
blizzard n.大風(fēng)雪;突發(fā)事件 [US 'violent blow'(1829), 'snowstorm'(1859)]
bloat v.n.熏制;膨脹;自負(fù) [obs. bloat swollen, soft and wet, perh.
bloated a.發(fā)脹的;傲慢的 [a ~ face 浮腫的臉 ~ with (from) overeating 因吃得太多而浮胖 a ~ politician 自大的政客 He is ~ with] [pride 他狂妄自大]
blockade n.v.封鎖;堵塞;堵塞 [BLOCK+-ADE, prob after ambuscade= ambush]
blond a.金發(fā)男人 [ME
bloom n.花,開(kāi)花;鮮美;紅潤(rùn) [OE bloma]
blossom n.花;群花;開(kāi)花期,花季 [OE blostm(a) prob. formed as BLOOM]
blot n.v.污痕;弱點(diǎn);抹臟;吸干 [ME prob.
blotch n.v.污點(diǎn);斑點(diǎn);弄臟 [17th c:
bloted a.腫脹的
blotto a.爛醉的 [20th c: perh
blouse n.罩衫
blowhard n.吹牛大家
bludgeon n.v.棍棒;強(qiáng)迫;脅迫;恫嚇 [~ a person to death 把某人打死 ~ a person into going along 強(qiáng)迫某人同行]
blueprint n.藍(lán)圖;設(shè)計(jì)圖
bluestocking n.女學(xué)者;醉心文學(xué)的女人 [from the (less formal) blue stockings worn by one man at a literary society meeting c.1750]
bluff v.虛張聲勢(shì)
blunder v.犯錯(cuò)誤 [ME prob
blunt a.鈍的;粗鹵的;生硬的 [blunge 混合(泥土與水等);參水拌]
blur v.使烏黑;變模糊 [16th c: perh rel to BLEAR<眼睛>花的;朦朧的,模糊不清的]
blurt v.滑口說(shuō)出 [In his anger he ~ed out the secret 他在生氣之下脫口說(shuō)出了秘密