bland

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /blænd/|/bland/    美 /blænd/|/blæːnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Mixture; union. UK,countable,dialectal,uncountable
  2. A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To mix; blend; mingle. UK,dialectal,transitive
  2. To connect; associate. UK,dialectal,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
    — a bland oil
  2. Lacking in taste or flavor.
    — The coffee was bland.
  3. Lacking in vigor.
    — First and foremost, alternative country artists generally claim to reject mainstream country music as musically indistinguishable from bland pop music, as lyrically superficial, and as having no artistic merit […]
  4. Lacking interest; boring; dull. figuratively
    — bland comment
  5. Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave. archaic
    — Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?

词形变化

blander comparative blandest superlative blands present,singular,third-person blanding participle,present blanded participle,past blanded past blands plural blaind alternative blaund alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
blandfest blandify blanding blandiose blandish blandly blandness blandoid blandscape blandsome in bland

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Latin blandusbor.
English bland
Borrowed from Latin blandus (“pleasant, flattering”).
词源 2
From Middle English blanden, blonden, from Old English blandan (“to blend, mix, mingle; trouble, disturb, corrupt”), from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to mix, blend”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda, Norwegian, Danish blande, Swedish blanda. See also blend.
词源 3
From Middle English bland, from Old English bland, blond (“blending, mixture, confusion”), from Proto-Germanic *blandą (“a mixing, mixture”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to grow turbid, dim, see badly, be blind”). Cognate with Icelandic blanda (“a mixture of liquids, especially of hot whey and water”).
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