blank
adjective/blæŋk/
/blæŋk/
Idioms - empty, with nothing written, printed or recorded on it
空白的 - Sign your name in the blank space below.
把名字签在下面的空白处。 - a blank CD
空白光盘 - 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。 - She turned to a blank page in her notebook.
她翻开笔记本的一张空白页。 - I left the third column blank.
我第三栏空着没有填。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- go
- remain
- …
- completely
- entirely
- Sign your name in the blank space below.
- (of a wall or screen) empty; with no pictures, marks or decoration
空的；无图画（或标记、装饰）的 - blank whitewashed walls
光秃秃的白灰墙 - Suddenly the screen went blank.
屏幕突然变成一片空白。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- go
- remain
- …
- completely
- entirely
- blank whitewashed walls
- showing no feeling, understanding or interest
没表情的；不理解的；不感兴趣的 - She stared at me with a blank expression on her face.
她一脸木然地盯着我。 - 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。 - Suddenly my mind went blank (= I could not remember anything).
我脑子里突然一片空白。 - I asked several people about it and just got blank stares in return.
我问了好几个人，得到的只是茫然的眼神。
Extra Examples- His expression remained studiously blank.
他的表情仍是那种故作茫然状。 - Her explanation was met with blank looks.
对她的解释，大家报以茫然的表情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- go
- …
- completely
- totally
- studiously
- …
- She stared at me with a blank expression on her face.
- [only before noun] (of negative things) complete and total
完全的；十足的 - a blank refusal/denial
断然拒绝／否认
- a blank refusal/denial
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘white, colourless’): from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.
Idioms
a blank canvas/slate
- a person or thing that has the potential to be developed or changed in many different ways
空白画布，空白石板（比喻有各种发展变化的潜能） - The building is a blank canvas for a clever investor to potentially make a lot of money.
对于聪明的投资者来说，这座建筑是一块空白的画布，有可能赚很多钱。 - Alice was a blank slate in the first film because she had memory loss and knew nothing about herself.
爱丽丝在第一部电影中是一张白纸，因为她失去了记忆，对自己一无所知。
- The building is a blank canvas for a clever investor to potentially make a lot of money.