Word · Frequency #10986
blah
废话;空话
pompous or pretentious talk or writing
废话
In use
The editor removed all the blah from the article before printing it.
He can talk for hours, but it's just blah.
I skimmed the essay and found mostly blah.
a lot of blah
blah 在这里是不可数名词,表示空洞的废话。
His speech was mostly a lot of blah.
他的演讲大多是一堆废话。
full of blah
用于形容文章或讲话充满虚夸空泛的内容。
That article is full of blah.
那篇文章满是废话。
blah blah blah
这个重叠形式常用来模仿令人厌烦的冗长讲话,也可写作 blah, blah, blah。
She just went on, blah blah blah, until I fell asleep.
她一直说啊说,废话连篇,直到我睡着。
Common mistakes
He said a lot of blahs about the plan.He said a lot of blah about the plan.
blah 在此作不可数名词,意为“空话、废话”,不能加复数,应保持单数形。
His argument is very blah.His argument is full of blah.
此处要表达“他的论点全是空话”,但 blah 作名词时不能像形容词一样被 very 修饰;“满是空话”应改为 be full of blah。
Connections
Collocations
- blah blah
- 空话;废话
- The article is mostly blah blah about how to get rich.这篇文章大部分是关于如何致富的空话。
- all that blah
- 那套空话
- I'm tired of all that blah about changing the system.我厌倦了那套关于改变制度的空话。
- the usual blah
- 老一套的空话
- The manager gave us the usual blah about working harder.经理又给我们讲了那套老掉牙的关于更努力工作的空话。
- a bunch of blah
- 一堆废话
- His presentation was just a bunch of blah with no real answers.他的演示只是一堆废话,没有任何真正的答案。
Idioms & figurative uses
- blah blah blah
- 等等等等;废话连篇He said we need to be more efficient, blah blah blah.他说我们得更高效,等等等等,全是废话。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
听‘blah, blah, blah’就像中文的‘吧啦吧啦’,联想嘴上不停却全是空话套话。
Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:日常闲聊、评论空洞的演讲或文章、网络讨论 该义项通常用于非正式场合,多指空洞、浮夸的废话;正式写作或学术语境中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /ɑː/ 结尾,与 blah 韵脚相同;其中 spa、bra、ma、pa 拼写不是 -ah,而 nah、bah 拼写和读音都与 blah 的 -ah 对应。注意不要看到词尾 -ah 就发 /ɑː/:如 cheetah 发 /ˈtʃiːtə/,hallelujah 发 /ˌhælɪˈluːjə/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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