blurring
/blɜːr/ (bre, ipa) · [blˈɚɪŋ] /blɝː/ (ame, ipa) · [blˈɚɪŋ] /ˈblər How to pronounce blur (audio)/ (ame, mw)
blurring — noun
1. the effect that makes a picture, object, or view lose sharp edges and look uncle
the effect that makes a picture, object, or view lose sharp edges and look unclear.
The long exposure caused blurring around the cyclist's moving hands.
blurring around + moving object
After Mina cried, slight blurring covered the road signs ahead.
The old phone camera showed blurring at the edge of every photo.
Motion blurring made Pavel's tennis serve look like a white streak.
文法句型
blurring around + object
blurring at the edge of + image
用法筆記
This sense is often used for visual effects in photos, video, or eyesight. It commonly appears with words like 'motion,' 'edge,' or 'slight' to describe how unclear the image becomes.
常見錯誤
2. a memory or idea that stays only partly clear, so some details are lost or mixed
a memory or idea that stays only partly clear, so some details are lost or mixed up.
Years later, the hospital room was only a blurring in Selim's mind.
a blurring in + memory
By midnight, the long lecture had become a blurring of dates and names.
For Antonia, the accident is now a blurring rather than a sharp memory.
The trip home passed in a blurring of rain, headlights, and half-sleep.
- clarity
describes details that remain easy to remember or understand
- sharp memory
suggests clear recall of people, facts, or scenes
文法句型
a blurring of + details
a blurring in + memory
用法筆記
This sense usually describes memories, impressions, or pieces of information that no longer stay neatly separate. Distinguish it from sense 1, which is about something physically hard to see.
blurring — verb
- blurringpresent simple I / you / we / they
- blurrings3rd person singular
- blurringing-ing form
- blurringedpast simple
1. to make a person, image, or object lose clear edges, or to start looking unclear
to make a person, image, or object lose clear edges, or to start looking unclear in that way.
Steam from the noodles was blurring Nadia's glasses within seconds.
blur + object by steam or tears
By evening, the writing on the whiteboard was blurring for Felix.
something is blurring
Tears were blurring Amihan's view of the stage during the final song.
As dusk fell, mist began blurring the church tower across the river.
文法句型
blur + object
something is blurring
用法筆記
This sense is used for eyesight, weather, tears, or camera-like effects that reduce visual sharpness. It can take a direct object, or appear intransitively when the thing losing focus becomes the subject.
常見錯誤
2. to make the line between two groups, ideas, or facts less clear, so they begin t
to make the line between two groups, ideas, or facts less clear, so they begin to seem mixed together.
The ad campaign is blurring the boundary between news and entertainment.
blur the boundary between + nouns
By sharing private texts, the article kept blurring fact and gossip.
The new rule is blurring the difference between study time and work time.
His careful lie was blurring the truth for everyone at the meeting.
文法句型
blur the line between + nouns
blur the difference between + nouns
blur the truth
用法筆記
This sense usually appears with words like 'line,' 'boundary,' 'difference,' or 'truth.' It is about making categories or facts harder to separate, not about an image losing visual sharpness as in sense 1.