blasphemy1 n.骂神;冒渎;不敬;咒骂 [ME
blatant2 a.喧哗的;炫耀的 [a word used by Spenser, perh after Sc blatand = bleating4 bleat3 咩地叫;抱怨地说]
blazon5 v.宣布;用纹章装饰 [ME
bleach6 v.n.漂白 [bleachers 露天座位]
bleak7 a.寒冷的;荒凉的 [ME prob
bleed v.流血;流出树液;榨钱 [OE bledan
blemish8 n.v.伤;污点;缺点;损伤 [ME
blench9 v.退缩;变白;使变白 [ME
blend v.混杂;混合
[~ mayonnaise with other ingredients把蛋黄酱与其他材料混合 The colors of the rainbow ~ into one anothe]r虹的色彩交融调和
bless v.神圣化;祈福 [OE bloedsian,
blight10 n.v.障害;阴影;枯凋;挫折 [blighted毁灭的;受虫害的]
blink v.闪烁 [partly var of blenk = BLENCH, partly
bliss11 n.极乐;很大幸福;喜悦 [OE bliths, bliss
blithe12 a.开心的;无忧无虑的
blitz n.v.闪击战;以闪击战攻击 [abbr of BLITZKRIEG= blitz]
blizzard n.大风雪;突发事件 [US 'violent blow', 'snowstorm']
bloat v.n.熏制;膨胀;自负 [obs. bloat swollen, soft and wet, perh.
bloated a.发胀的;傲慢的 [a ~ face 浮肿的脸 ~ with 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.封锁;堵塞;堵塞 [BLOCK+-ADE, prob after ambuscade= ambush]
blond a.金发男性 [ME
bloom n.花,开花;鲜美;红润 [OE bloma]
blossom n.花;群花;开花期,花季 [OE blostm prob. formed as BLOOM]
blot n.v.污痕;弱点;抹脏;吸干 [ME prob.
blotch n.v.污点;斑点;弄脏 [17th c:
bloted a.肿胀的
blotto a.烂醉的 [20th c: perh
blouse n.罩衫
blowhard n.吹牛大伙
bludgeon n.v.棍棒;强迫;胁迫;恫吓 [~ a person to death 把某人打死 ~ a person into going along 强迫某人同行]
blueprint n.蓝图;设计图
bluestocking n.女学者;醉心文学的女性 [from the blue stockings worn by one man at a literary society meeting c.1750]
bluff v.虚张声势
blunder v.犯了错误误 [ME prob
blunt a.钝的;粗卤的;生硬的 [blunge 混合;参水拌]
blur v.使乌黑;变模糊 [16th c: perh rel to BLEAR双眼花的;朦胧的,模糊不清的]
blurt v.滑口说出 [In his anger he ~ed out the secret 他在生气之下脱口说出了秘密
