Blank

(noun.) a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet.

(noun.) a piece of material ready to be made into something.

(verb.) keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning.

(adj.) void of expression; 'a blank stare' .

(adj.) (of a surface) not written or printed on; 'blank pages'; 'fill in the blank spaces'; 'a clean page'; 'wide white margins' .

(adj.) not charged with a bullet; 'a blank cartridge' .

校对:梅勒妮

• Blank annihilation! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A good patriot, said the other, could hardly have been more afflicted if the Aristocrat had drawn a blank. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• For answer the girl raised her revolver and fired point-blank at him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The windows were dark and blank, already the place was frightening. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I hastily broke open the plain wafer seal, and found a two hundred pound bank-note, merely enclosed in a blank cover. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Mr. Snagsby, having said this in a very plaintive manner, throws in a cough of general application to fill up all the blanks. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Sloan, in 1851, and Harvey, in 1864, made many improvements in machines, operating upon screw blanks. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• And there are many blanks left in the weeks of courtship which a loving faith fills with happy assurance. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Having been absolutely carried along by the immense concourse of ladies, we came up close to Lord Kinnaird, who was dealing out the blanks and prizes. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• At the operator’s left hand is a stack of blanks and in his left hand he holds one ready to be placed in the draw press. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• BLANKING THE STEEL TOPS] 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I think it was the blankest-looking party I ever saw. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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