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.
例文
1. Bland ,banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
隠れたクラクションから静かに味気ない音楽が流れてくる。
2.It tasted bland and insipid,like warmed cardboard.
これは加熱した板紙のように淡くて味がありません。
3.a rather bland diet of soup,fish and bread
薄味のスープ、魚とパンのレシピ
4.That oatmeal is so bland that it is tasteless.
そのオート麦粥は平板で味がない.
5.He eats bland food because of his stomach trouble.