blur
/blɜː(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /blɜːr/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈblər/ (ame, mw) · /blɜːr/ (bre, ipa) · /blɝː/ (ame, ipa)
blur — 名詞
1. a shape, person, or thing seen without clear edges or detail.
模糊影像
看不清的影像或輪廓
a shape, person, or thing seen without clear edges or detail.
Without my glasses, the bus number is only a blur.
不戴眼鏡時，公車號碼對我來說只是一團模糊影像。
pattern: be a blur
Through the rainy window, the mountains looked like a blue blur.
隔著沾滿雨水的窗戶，山脈看起來像一片藍色的模糊影像。
A white blur shot across the road before Kofi could brake.
Kofi 還來不及煞車，一道白色模糊身影就衝過馬路。
On the old TV, the runner became a blur near the finish.
在那台舊電視上，跑者接近終點時變成一團模糊影像。
文法句型
be a blur
become a blur
用法筆記
Common for things seen quickly, from far away, or through rain, glass, or poor eyesight. Distinguish from sense 2, which is about memory rather than sight.
2. an event, period, or idea that remains in your mind only vaguely.
模糊印象
記憶或理解不清的事
an event, period, or idea that remains in your mind only vaguely.
The night after surgery is just a blur in Priya's memory.
Priya 對手術後那一晚只剩模糊印象。
pattern: a blur in someone's memory
After three exams, Sunday afternoon passed in a tired blur.
考完三科後，星期天下午就在一片疲憊恍惚中過去了。
pattern: pass in a blur
Most of kindergarten is a blur to Diego now.
Diego 現在對幼兒園的大部分日子都只剩模糊印象。
For Mei, the teacher's long explanation became a blur of new words.
對 Mei 來說，老師那段長長的說明後來變成一長串理不清的新單字。
文法句型
be a blur to someone
pass in a blur
a blur of + plural noun
用法筆記
Often describes memories of a busy, shocking, or tiring time. Unlike sense 1, this sense does not refer to something you are literally looking at.
blur — 動詞
1. to lose clear shape, or to make something lose clear shape.
模糊；弄糊
變得或使其看不清楚
to lose clear shape, or to make something lose clear shape.
Tears blurred Noa's view of the stage during the final song.
最後一首歌唱到一半時，眼淚讓 Noa 看舞台都變模糊了。
pattern: blur someone's view
The photo blurred when Ravi moved the phone too quickly.
Ravi 手機移太快時，照片就變模糊了。
intransitive: the photo blurred
Steam from the soup blurred the kitchen window.
湯冒出的熱氣把廚房窗戶弄模糊了。
As the train pulled away, Hana's face began to blur.
火車開走時，Hana 的臉開始變模糊。
文法句型
blur something
something blurs
blur someone's vision
用法筆記
Common with eyes, vision, windows, screens, faces, and photographs. Distinguish from sense 2, which is about abstract differences or truth rather than literal sight.
常見錯誤
2. to make a difference, boundary, or truth seem less exact.
模糊界線
使界線或真相不清
to make a difference, boundary, or truth seem less exact.
The ad blurs the line between news and sales talk.
這則廣告模糊了新聞和推銷話術之間的界線。
pattern: blur the line between A and B
Working at home can blur the boundary between job and family life.
在家工作可能會模糊工作和家庭生活之間的界線。
collocation: blur the boundary between
Omar's friendly tone blurred the fact that he was refusing us.
他友善的語氣，模糊了他其實在拒絕我們這件事。
In the novel, dreams and memory blur until readers doubt every scene.
在那本小說裡，夢境和記憶的界線漸漸模糊，讀者會懷疑每一幕。
- clarify
make the meaning or truth easier to judge
- separate
keep two things distinct
- distinguish
show the difference clearly
文法句型
blur the line between A and B
blur the distinction between A and B
A and B blur
用法筆記
Usually takes objects like 'line', 'boundary', 'distinction', or 'truth'. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is about unclear judgment, categories, or facts, not eyesight.