blurred
blurred — adjective
1. not easy to make out because the edges or details do not stand out clearly.
not easy to make out because the edges or details do not stand out clearly.
The mountain looked blurred through the wet bus window.
pattern: look blurred through [surface]
A blurred photo of the dog hung on Noa's fridge.
collocation: blurred photo
Street signs stayed blurred in the heavy evening rain.
The photographer kept the background blurred so the flowers stood out.
- blurry
more everyday, especially for photos or screens
- hazy
often suggests mist, smoke, or weak focus
- indistinct
more formal and common in careful description
文法句型
blurred photo
blurred image
look blurred
be blurred
用法筆記
Often used for pictures, outlines, or things seen through rain, glass, or movement.
2. not clearly separated in your mind, so a memory, meaning, or difference is hard
not clearly separated in your mind, so a memory, meaning, or difference is hard to tell apart.
After the crash, details of the morning were blurred in Omar's mind.
pattern: details were blurred in [person]'s mind
In the small office, the boundary between sales and support became blurred.
In Mina's old diary, dates and places were blurred together.
After the scandal, the line between rumor and fact seemed blurred.
文法句型
blurred memory
blurred line between A and B
become blurred
blurred together
用法筆記
Often used with nouns like 'line', 'boundary', 'difference', or 'memory'. Distinguish from sense 1, which is about what the eyes see, and sense 3, which is about the viewer's sight.
常見錯誤
3. describing sight that is not focused well enough for you to see things plainly.
describing sight that is not focused well enough for you to see things plainly.
After the eyedrops, Ravi's vision stayed blurred for an hour.
collocation: vision stayed blurred
Leila stopped driving because everything beyond the lights looked blurred.
pattern: everything looked blurred
By midnight, even the phone screen letters looked blurred to Bao.
Without her glasses, Yara's vision was blurred at arm's length.
- unfocused
stresses that the eyes are not seeing sharply
- misty
often used when sight seems covered by tears or illness
- out of focus
common phrase for sight that is not sharp
文法句型
vision is blurred
everything looks blurred
sight becomes blurred
用法筆記
Most often used with 'vision', 'sight', or 'everything'. Distinguish from sense 1: here the problem is your eyesight, not the object itself.