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empty, with nothing written, printed or recorded on it 空白的 Sign your name in the blank space below. 把名字签在下面的空白处。 a blank CD 空白光盘 Write on one side of the paper and leave the other side blank. 写在纸的一面，把另一面空出来。 She turned to a blank page in her notebook. 她翻开笔记本的一张空白页。 I left the third column blank. 我第三栏空着没有填。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of a wall or screen 墙壁或屏幕 empty; with no pictures, marks or decoration 空的；无图画（或标记、装饰）的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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showing no feeling, understanding or interest 没表情的；不理解的；不感兴趣的 She stared at me with a blank expression on her face. 她一脸木然地盯着我。 Steve looked blank and said he had no idea what I was talking about. 史蒂夫显得很迷惑，说他不知道我在说什么。 Suddenly my mind went blank (= I could not remember anything). 我脑子里突然一片空白。 I asked several people about it and just got blank stares in return. 我问了几个人，得到的回报只是茫然的目光。
Extra ExamplesHis expression remained studiously blank. 他的表情仍是那种故作茫然状。 Her explanation was met with blank looks. 对她的解释，大家报以茫然的表情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of negative things 否定的事情 complete and total 完全的；彻底的 a blank refusal/denial 断然拒绝／否认
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘white, colourless’): from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.
Idioms
a blank canvas/slate
a person or thing that has the potential to be developed or changed in many different ways 空白： 可能以多种不同方式发展或改变的人或物The building is a blank canvas for an clever investor to potentially make a lot of money. 对于一个聪明的投资者来说，这座建筑是一张空白的画布，可能会赚大钱。 Alice was a blank slate in the first film because she had memory loss and knew nothing about herself. 爱丽丝在第一部电影中是空白的，因为她失去了记忆，对自己一无所知。