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bivouac N. /帐篷/temporary encampment. While in bivouac, we spent the night in our sleeping bags under the stars. alsoV.
bizarre ADJ. /怪异的/fantastic; violently contrasting. The plot of the novel was too bizarre to be believed.
blanch V. /漂白/bleach; whiten. Although age had blanched his hair, he was still vigorous and energetic.
bland ADJ. /温和的/soothing or mild; agreeable. Jill tried a bland ointment for her sunburn. However, when Jack absentmindedly patted her on the sunburned shoulder, she couldn't maintain a bland disposition.
blandishment N. /阿谀奉承/flattery. Despite the salesperson's blandishments, the customer did not buy the outfit.
blare N. /大声喊叫,令人眩晕的强光/loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light. I don't know which is worse: the steady blare of a boom box deafening your ears or a sudden blare of flashbulbs dazzling your eyes.
blasé ADJ. /厌于享乐/bored with pleasure or dissipation. Although Beth was as thrilled with the idea of a trip to Paris as her classmates were, she tried to act super cool and blasé, as if she'd been abroad hundreds of times.
blasphemy N. /亵渎/irreverence; sacrilege; cursing. In my father's house, the Dodgers were the holiest of holies; to cheer for another team was to utter words of blasphemy.
blasphemous,ADJ.
blatant ADJ. /喧闹;俗丽/flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive. To the unemployed youth from Dublin, the "No Irish Need Apply" placard in the shop window was a blatant mark of prejudice.
*bleak ADJ. /冷淡;凄凉/cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable. The frigid, inhospitable Aleutian Islands are bleak military outposts. It's no wonder that soldiers assigned there have a bleak attitude toward their posting.
*blighted ADJ. /完蛋了的;生病了的/suffering from a disease; destroyed. The extent of the blighted areas could be seen only when viewed from the air.
blithe ADJ. /欢乐,高兴/gay; joyous; heedless. Shelley called the skylark a "blithe spirit" because of its happy song.
bloated ADJ. /浮肿/swollen or puffed as with water or air. Her bloated stomach came from drinking so much water.
bludgeon N. /大头狼牙棒/club; heavy-headed weapon. Attacked by Dr. Moriarty, Holmes used his walking stick as a bludgeon to defend himself. "Watson," he said, "I fear I may have bludgeoned Moriarty to death."
bluff ADJ. /直率的/rough but good-natured. Jack had a bluff andhearty manner that belied his actual sensitivity; he never let people know how thin-skinned he really was.
bluff N. /虚伪;欺骗;悬崖/pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff. Claire thought Lord Byron's boast that he would swim the Hellespont was just a bluff; she was astounded when he dove from the high bluff into the waters below.
blunder N. /错误/error. The criminal's fatal blunder led to his capture. alsoV.
blurt V. /脱口而出/utter impulsively. Before she could stop him, he blurted out the news.
bluster V. /咆哮;吓唬/blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully. "Let the stormy winds bluster," cried Jack, "we'll set sail tonight." Jill let Jack bluster. she wasn't going anywhere, no matter what he said.