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bland 音标拼音: [bl'ænd] a. 温和的,乏味的,冷漠的 温和的,乏味的,冷漠的 bland adj 1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; " a bland diet"; " insipid hospital food"; " flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; " vapid beer"; " vapid tea" [ synonym: { bland}, { flat}, { flavorless}, { flavourless}, { insipid}, { savorless}, { savourless}, { vapid}] 2: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; " a bland little drama"; " a flat joke" [ synonym: { bland}, { flat}] 3: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; " he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; " the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" [ synonym: { politic}, { smooth}, { suave}, { bland}] Bland \ Bland\, a. [ L. blandus, of unknown origin.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant. " Exhilarating vapor bland." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Having soft and soothing qualities; not drastic or irritating; not stimulating; as, a bland oil; a bland diet. [ 1913 Webster] 128 Moby Thesaurus words for " bland": abstract, adulatory, balmy, banal, bare, barren, blah, blandishing, blank, blarneying, bleached, boring, broad, buttery, cajoling, calm, changeable, characterless, civilized, clear, collective, complimentary, composed, cool, courtierly, courtly, devoid, disarming, dull, empty, faint, fair- spoken, fawning, featureless, fine- spoken, flat, flattering, fulsome, general, generalized, generic, gentle, glib, good- natured, gushing, halfhearted, hollow, honey- mouthed, honey- tongued, honeyed, inane, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, infirm of purpose, infirm of will, ingratiating, insincere, insinuating, insipid, insouciant, irresolute, judicious, lenient, mealymouthed, mild, mild as milk, milk- and- water, milky, moderate, mushy, namby- pamby, nebulous, neutral, nonchalant, nonspecific, nonviolent, null, null and void, obsequious, oily, oily- tongued, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful, prudent, sapless, slimy, slobbery, smarmy, smooth, smooth- spoken, smooth- tongued, smug, soapy, sober, soft, soft- soaping, soft- spoken, soothing, suave, suave- spoken, sycophantic, tame, tasteless, temperate, uncharacterized, unctuous, undifferentiated, unemotional, uninteresting, unrelieved, unruffled, unspecified, urbane, vacant, vacuous, vague, vapid, void, waterish, watery, wheedling, white, wide, wishy- washy, with nothing inside, without content
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