blare v.響聲 [ blaren, bleren, imit]
blarney n.恭維話 [Blarney, an Irish castle near Cork with a stone said to
confer a cajoling tongue on whoever kisses it]
blase a.厭煩于享樂或人生的
blasphemy n.罵神;冒瀆;不敬;咒罵 [blasfemie blasphemia slander,
blasphemy blasphemous 不敬神的 blaspheme 褻瀆];[ 說不恭敬的話
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]
blazon v.宣布;用紋章裝飾 [ blason shield;verb also BLAZE 傳播;火焰;烈火地獄]
bleach v.n.漂白 [bleachers 露天座位]
bleak a.寒冷的;荒涼的 [ bleikja, OHG bleicha]
bleed v.流血;流出樹液;榨錢 [ bledan ]
blemish n.v.傷;污點;缺點;損傷 [ ble(s)mir(-ISH)make pale, prob of Gmc orig]
blench v.退縮;變白;使變白 [ blencan]
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 [bloedsian, blod blood(hence mark with blood,consecrate)]
blight n.v.障害;陰影;枯凋;挫折 [blighted毀滅的;受蟲害的]
blink v.閃爍 [partly var of blenk = BLENCH, partly blinken shine]
bliss n.極樂;極大幸福;喜悅 [ bliths, bliss blithiz BLITHE: sense infl. byBLESS]
blithe a.快樂的;無憂無慮的
blitz n.v.閃擊戰(zhàn);以閃擊戰(zhàn)攻擊 [abbr of BLITZKRIEG(德語)= blitz]
blizzard n.大風雪;突發(fā)事件 [US 'violent blow'(1829), 'snowstorm'(1859)]
bloat v.n.熏制;膨脹;自負 [obs. bloat swollen, soft and wet, perh. blautrsoaked, flabby]
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 [blondus, blundus yellow, perh. of Gmc orig.]
bloom n.花,開花;鮮美;紅潤 [ bloma]
blossom n.花;群花;開花期,花季 [ blostm(a) prob. formed as BLOOM]
blot n.v.污痕;弱點;抹臟;吸干 [Scand.: blettr spot, stain]
blotch n.v.污點;斑點;弄臟 [17th plotch and BLOT(墨水)污漬 blotchy滿是疙瘩的]
bloted a.腫脹的
blotto a.爛醉的 [20th perh BLOT]
blouse n.罩衫
blowhard n.吹牛大家
bludgeon n.v.棍棒;強迫;脅迫;恫嚇 [~ a person to death 把某人打死 ~ a person into going along 強迫某人同行]
blueprint n.藍圖;設計圖
bluestocking n.女學者;醉心文學的女人 [from the (less formal) blue stockings worn byone man at a literary society meeting c.1750]
bluff v.虛張聲勢
blunder v.犯錯誤 [ prob Scand: cf blundra shut the eyes]
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.滑口說出 [In his anger he ~ed out the secret 他在生氣之下脫口說出了秘密]
blarney n.恭維話 [Blarney, an Irish castle near Cork with a stone said to
confer a cajoling tongue on whoever kisses it]
blase a.厭煩于享樂或人生的
blasphemy n.罵神;冒瀆;不敬;咒罵 [blasfemie blasphemia slander,
blasphemy blasphemous 不敬神的 blaspheme 褻瀆];[ 說不恭敬的話
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]
blazon v.宣布;用紋章裝飾 [ blason shield;verb also BLAZE 傳播;火焰;烈火地獄]
bleach v.n.漂白 [bleachers 露天座位]
bleak a.寒冷的;荒涼的 [ bleikja, OHG bleicha]
bleed v.流血;流出樹液;榨錢 [ bledan ]
blemish n.v.傷;污點;缺點;損傷 [ ble(s)mir(-ISH)make pale, prob of Gmc orig]
blench v.退縮;變白;使變白 [ blencan]
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 [bloedsian, blod blood(hence mark with blood,consecrate)]
blight n.v.障害;陰影;枯凋;挫折 [blighted毀滅的;受蟲害的]
blink v.閃爍 [partly var of blenk = BLENCH, partly blinken shine]
bliss n.極樂;極大幸福;喜悅 [ bliths, bliss blithiz BLITHE: sense infl. byBLESS]
blithe a.快樂的;無憂無慮的
blitz n.v.閃擊戰(zhàn);以閃擊戰(zhàn)攻擊 [abbr of BLITZKRIEG(德語)= blitz]
blizzard n.大風雪;突發(fā)事件 [US 'violent blow'(1829), 'snowstorm'(1859)]
bloat v.n.熏制;膨脹;自負 [obs. bloat swollen, soft and wet, perh. blautrsoaked, flabby]
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 [blondus, blundus yellow, perh. of Gmc orig.]
bloom n.花,開花;鮮美;紅潤 [ bloma]
blossom n.花;群花;開花期,花季 [ blostm(a) prob. formed as BLOOM]
blot n.v.污痕;弱點;抹臟;吸干 [Scand.: blettr spot, stain]
blotch n.v.污點;斑點;弄臟 [17th plotch and BLOT(墨水)污漬 blotchy滿是疙瘩的]
bloted a.腫脹的
blotto a.爛醉的 [20th perh BLOT]
blouse n.罩衫
blowhard n.吹牛大家
bludgeon n.v.棍棒;強迫;脅迫;恫嚇 [~ a person to death 把某人打死 ~ a person into going along 強迫某人同行]
blueprint n.藍圖;設計圖
bluestocking n.女學者;醉心文學的女人 [from the (less formal) blue stockings worn byone man at a literary society meeting c.1750]
bluff v.虛張聲勢
blunder v.犯錯誤 [ prob Scand: cf blundra shut the eyes]
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.滑口說出 [In his anger he ~ed out the secret 他在生氣之下脫口說出了秘密]