draw a blank

英语[编辑]

draw a blank (第三人称单数简单现在时 draws a blank，现在分词 drawing a blank，过去式 drew a blank，过去分词 drawn a blank)

(俗语) 想不起来
I should know that person's name, but I'm drawing a blank.
我应该知道那个人的名字，但是我想不起来了。
(俗语) 找不到，一无所获
- 1856, Lucius Manlius Sargent, Dealings with the Dead, 卷 2，页号 472:
  "Oh," she replied, "when I came to think of it, I saw, that you were right. I thought, 'twas quite likely it [the lottery ticket] would draw a blank. […] "
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- 2022, Ling Ma, “Office Hours”, 出自 Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
  When she brainstormed about what else she would do, where else she would go, her mind drew a blank.
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