blank canvas

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词形变化

blank canvases 复数 blank canvases blank canvasses blank canvasses 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An unmarked or empty state, offering a limitless potential for creation, development or interpretation.

    比喻 哲学

    Near-synonyms: new canvas, clean slate, new page, new sheet, new leaf

    After his ex-wife moved out, his life was a blank canvas.

  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blank, canvas.

词源

By analogy with artists who begin with a blank canvas, thereby possessing the freedom to shape it according to their creative inclinations.

来源：wiktionary