备考资料：托福考试词汇研究－Unit5

　　blare v.响声 [ blaren, bleren, imit]

　　blarney n.恭维话 [Blarney, an Irish castle near Cork with a stone said to

　　confer a cajoling tongue on whoever kisses it]

　　blase a.厌烦于享乐或人生的

　　blasphemy n.骂神;冒渎;不敬;咒骂 [blasfemie blasphemia slander,

　　blasphemy blasphemous 不敬神的 blaspheme 亵渎];[ 说不恭敬的话

　　blatant a.喧哗的;炫耀的 [a word used by Spenser(1596), perh after Sc blatand =bleating bleat 咩地叫;抱怨地说]

　　blazon v.宣布;用纹章装饰 [ blason shield;verb also BLAZE 传播;火焰;烈火地狱]

　　bleach v.n.漂白 [bleachers 露天座位]

　　bleak a.寒冷的;荒凉的 [ bleikja, OHG bleicha]

　　bleed v.流血;流出树液;榨钱 [ bledan ]

　　blemish n.v.伤;污点;缺点;损伤 [ ble(s)mir(-ISH)make pale, prob of Gmc orig]

　　blench v.退缩;变白;使变白 [ blencan]

　　blend v.混杂;混合[~ mayonnaise with other ingredients把蛋黄酱与其他材料混合 The colors of the rainbow~ into one anothe]r虹的色彩交融调和

　　bless v.神圣化;祈福 [bloedsian, blod blood(hence mark with blood,consecrate)]

　　blight n.v.障害;阴影;枯凋;挫折 [blighted毁灭的;受虫害的]

　　blink v.闪烁 [partly var of blenk = BLENCH, partly blinken shine]

　　bliss n.极乐;极大幸福;喜悦 [ bliths, bliss blithiz BLITHE: sense infl. byBLESS]

　　blithe a.快乐的;无忧无虑的

　　blitz n.v.闪击战;以闪击战攻击 [abbr of BLITZKRIEG(德语)= blitz]

　　blizzard n.大风雪;突发事件 [US 'violent blow'(1829), 'snowstorm'(1859)]

　　bloat v.n.熏制;膨胀;自负 [obs. bloat swollen, soft and wet, perh.  blautrsoaked, flabby]

　　bloated a.发胀的;傲慢的 [a ~ face 浮肿的脸 ~ with (from) overeating 因吃得太多而浮胖 a ~

　　politician 自大的政客 He is ~ with] [pride 他狂妄自大]

　　blockade n.v.封锁;堵塞;堵塞 [BLOCK+-ADE, prob after ambuscade= ambush]

　　blond a.金发男人 [blondus, blundus yellow, perh. of Gmc orig.]

　　bloom n.花,开花;鲜美;红润 [ bloma]

　　blossom n.花;群花;开花期,花季 [ blostm(a) prob. formed as BLOOM]

　　blot n.v.污痕;弱点;抹脏;吸干 [Scand.: blettr spot, stain]

　　blotch n.v.污点;斑点;弄脏 [17th plotch and BLOT(墨水)污渍 blotchy满是疙瘩的]

　　bloted a.肿胀的

　　blotto a.烂醉的 [20th  perh BLOT]

　　blouse n.罩衫

　　blowhard n.吹牛大家

　　bludgeon n.v.棍棒;强迫;胁迫;恫吓 [~ a person to death 把某人打死 ~ a person into going along 强迫某人同行]

　　blueprint n.蓝图;设计图

　　bluestocking n.女学者;醉心文学的女人 [from the (less formal) blue stockings worn byone man at a literary society meeting c.1750]

　　bluff v.虚张声势

　　blunder v.犯错误 [ prob Scand: cf blundra shut the eyes]

　　blunt a.钝的;粗卤的;生硬的 [blunge 混合(泥土与水等);参水拌]

　　blur v.使乌黑;变模糊 [16th c: perh rel to BLEAR<眼睛>花的;朦胧的,模糊不清的]

　　blurt v.滑口说出 [In his anger he ~ed out the secret 他在生气之下脱口说出了秘密]