transcription, транскрипция: [ blæŋk ]
( blanks, blanking, blanked)
1.
Something that is blank has nothing on it.
We could put some of the pictures over on that blank wall over there...
He tore a blank page from his notebook.
...blank cassettes.
ADJ
2.
A blank is a space which is left in a piece of writing or on a printed form for you to fill in particular information.
Put a word in each blank to complete the sentence.
N-COUNT
3.
If you look blank , your face shows no feeling, understanding, or interest.
Abbot looked blank. ‘I don’t quite follow, sir.’...
His daughter gave him a blank look.
ADJ
• blank‧ly
She stared at him blankly.
ADV : ADV with v
• blank‧ness
His eyes have the blankness of someone half-asleep.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
If your mind or memory is a blank , you cannot think of anything or remember anything.
I’m sorry, but my mind is a blank...
I came round in hospital and did not know where I was. Everything was a complete blank.
N-SING : a N
5.
Blanks are gun cartridges which contain explosive but do not contain a bullet, so that they cause no harm when the gun is fired.
...a starter pistol which only fires blanks.
N-COUNT : usu pl
6.
see also point-blank
7.
If you draw a blank when you are looking for someone or something, you do not succeed in finding them. ( INFORMAL )
They drew a blank in their search for the driver.
PHRASE : V inflects
8.
If your mind goes blank , you are suddenly unable to think of anything appropriate to say, for example in reply to a question.
My mind went totally blank.
PHRASE : V inflects