blur

意味: ぼやけ

例文: June saw only a blur after glitter attack.
　　  ジューンはキラキラ攻撃の後、ぼやけてしか見えなかった。

定義: かすんでいるあるいは不明瞭な代表

コロケーション:

blurは300,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a hazy or indistinct representation
Verb: become glassy; lose clear vision
Verb: to make less distinct or clear
Verb: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
Verb: make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Verb: make dim or indistinct
Verb: become vague or indistinct

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: it happened so fast it was just a blur
Noun: he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz
Verb: Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep
Verb: The haze blurs the hills
Verb: Her remarks confused the debate
Verb: Their words obnubilate their intentions
Verb: The fog blurs my vision
Verb: The distinction between the two theories blurred

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): blear, blur, confuse, dim, film over, fuzz, glaze over, obnubilate, obscure, slur, smear, smudge, smutch

Antonyms(反意語): focus

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, representation, rub, weaken

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abstractionism, accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, antitype, appearance, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, attenuate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, brighten, bring, brush, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, collapse, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, concretism, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cry, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, die down, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fade, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, gauge, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, grate, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, image, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, instantiation, insulate, intensify, internationalize, interpretation, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, melt, memory, militarize, mince, mix, model, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, overlap, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, percept, personalize, phantasmagoria, piggyback, pine away, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, professionalize, proof, prostrate, psychosexuality, pumice, puree, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, rosin, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schema, schematize, scour, scramble, scrape, scrub, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slacken, slenderize, slow, smear, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, sponge down, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stereotype, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, subside, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, wilt, wipe, worry, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): dust, muddy, obliterate, resmudge

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: blur, blurry, smear, smudge

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書):

Movies(映画): The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative