2014英语六级考试基础词汇精讲（15）

　　bleak

　　a. 1.没有希望的，凄凉的; 2.荒凉的; 3.寒冷刺骨的

　　A: My grandmother used to bless herself every time she passes a church.

　　B: She must have been very religious.

　　bless

　　vt. 1. 使有幸得到，使具有; 2.为 祈神赐福

　　A: Did you have a good crop of potatoes this year?

　　B: Unfortunately not, they were hit by blight.

　　blight

　　n. 1.枯萎病; 2.造成破坏的因素

　　vt. 破坏，摧残

　　A: I blinked and missed the town. It was so small.

　　B: Drive more slowly then!

　　A: With each blink I get older.

　　B: Well, I am sorry, but I can not do anything to stop time passing.

　　blink

　　vi. 1.眨眼睛; 2.闪亮,闪烁

　　n. 眨眼睛，一瞬间

　　on the blink 坏了，出故障

　　A: Did anybody witness the accident?

　　B: Yes, a blonde was walking down the street.

　　blonde

　　a. 金发的

　　n. 金发女子

　　A: Zoe blossomed into a world class pianist.

　　B: She must have practiced very hard.

　　blossom

　　n. 花

　　vi. 1.开花; 2.发展，长成

　　in blossom 正开着花

　　A: I think this artist is very talented.

　　B: I don t . I think he just blots the paper with colour.

　　blot

　　vt. 1.弄脏; 2.吸干

　　n. 污点，污渍

　　blot out 1.把 弄模糊，遮蔽; 2.完全清除

　　A: We shall see the blueprints to start working on the building in September.

　　B: OK, I shall get to work straight away.

　　blueprint

　　n. 蓝图，行动计划

　　A: Did James tell you what happened yesterday?

　　B: Yes, but I am not sure if it was a lie of a bluff.

　　bluff

　　v. 虚张声势,吓唬

　　n. 1.虚张声势;2.悬崖，峭壁

　　a. 直率的，坦率的，粗率的

　　call sb. bluff 要求某人摊牌，向某人挑战

　　A: Oops, I ve made a blunder.

　　B: Don t worry, we can fix it.

　　blunder

　　n. 错误

　　vi. 1.跌跌撞撞地走，慌乱地走; 2.犯错误

　　A: Do you not know how to cut bread?

　　B: Of course I do, but this knife is blunt.

　　blunt

　　a. 1.钝的; 2.率直的，直言不讳的

　　vt. 1.使迟钝，使减弱; 2.使钝

　　A: Do you remember your first birthday?

　　B: No, it is all a blur.

　　A: He blurred the corners of the picture to make it look old.

　　B: He did a good job of it.

　　blur

　　n. 模糊，模糊的东西

　　v. 变模糊

　　A: Brian blurted out the answer before I even had a chance to think about it.

　　B: Yes, he is very smart.