blurring
/blɜːr/ (bre, ipa) · [blˈɚɪŋ] /blɝː/ (ame, ipa) · [blˈɚɪŋ] /ˈblər How to pronounce blur (audio)/ (ame, mw)
blurring — 名詞
1. the effect that makes a picture, object, or view lose sharp edges and look uncle
模糊影像
看不清的畫面或輪廓
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.
長時間曝光讓腳踏車騎士擺動的雙手出現模糊影像。
blurring around + moving object
After Mina cried, slight blurring covered the road signs ahead.
Mina 哭過之後，前方路牌上出現了些微的模糊影像。
The old phone camera showed blurring at the edge of every photo.
那支舊手機相機拍的每張照片邊緣都看得到模糊影像。
Motion blurring made Pavel's tennis serve look like a white streak.
動態模糊影像讓 Pavel 的網球發球看起來像一道白線。
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
模糊印象
記憶或理解變得不清楚
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.
多年後，那間病房在 Selim 腦中只剩下一個模糊印象。
a blurring in + memory
By midnight, the long lecture had become a blurring of dates and names.
到了半夜，那場冗長的演講已變成日期和人名混在一起的模糊印象。
For Antonia, the accident is now a blurring rather than a sharp memory.
對 Antonia 來說，那場意外現在只剩模糊印象，不再是清楚的記憶。
The trip home passed in a blurring of rain, headlights, and half-sleep.
回家的那段路像是雨、車燈和半睡半醒交雜成的模糊印象。
- 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 — 動詞
- 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
變模糊
讓畫面或視線失去清晰
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.
麵冒出的蒸氣幾秒內就把 Nadia 的眼鏡弄模糊了。
blur + object by steam or tears
By evening, the writing on the whiteboard was blurring for Felix.
到了傍晚，白板上的字在 Felix 眼中開始變模糊。
something is blurring
Tears were blurring Amihan's view of the stage during the final song.
最後一首歌演出時，眼淚正讓 Amihan 眼中的舞台變模糊。
As dusk fell, mist began blurring the church tower across the river.
暮色降下時，薄霧開始把河對岸的教堂塔樓弄模糊。
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
模糊界線
使差別或真相不再清楚
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.
這波廣告宣傳正在模糊新聞與娛樂之間的界線。
blur the boundary between + nouns
By sharing private texts, the article kept blurring fact and gossip.
那篇文章把私人訊息拿來引用，不斷模糊事實和流言的界線。
The new rule is blurring the difference between study time and work time.
這項新規定正在模糊讀書時間和工作時間之間的界線。
His careful lie was blurring the truth for everyone at the meeting.
他那句刻意的謊話正在讓會議上的每個人都看不清真相。
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.