1660s, from Italian blando "delicate," or Old French bland "flattering, complimentary," both from Latin blandus "smooth-talking, flattering, alluring," perhaps from PIE *mlad-, nasalized variant of *meld-, extended form of root *mel- (see melt). Related: Blandly; blandness. Latin also had blandiloquentulus "flattering in speech," which might have yielded a useful English *blandiloquent.
实用例句
1. Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
隐藏的喇叭里幽幽地传出平淡乏味的音乐。
来自柯林斯例句
2. It tasted bland and insipid, like warmed cardboard.
这吃起来淡而无味，像加热过的纸板。
来自柯林斯例句
3. a rather bland diet of soup, fish and bread
一个淡而无味的汤、鱼加面包的食谱
来自《权威词典》
4. That oatmeal is so bland that it is tasteless.
那种燕麦粥平淡无味.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. He eats bland food because of his stomach trouble.
