单词	blot
释义	blot1 verbblot2 noun blotblot1 /blɒt $ blɑːt/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle blotted, present participle blotting) [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE blot Simple Form Present I, you, we, they blot he, she, it blots Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they blotted Present perfect I, you, we, they have blotted he, she, it has blotted Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had blotted Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will blot Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have blotted Continuous Form Present I am blotting he, she, it is blotting you, we, they are blotting Past I, he, she, it was blotting you, we, they were blotting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been blotting he, she, it has been blotting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been blotting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be blotting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been blotting Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A stage-a melee-heaving bodies-and then a huge hand filled the screen and blotted out everything for an instant. Any surface oil not absorbed after 10-15 minutes should be blotted off with a tissue. But the last 16 minutes blotted out all the blundering and turned this into an unforgettable classic. By the time I reached the small town of Pinedale the blue sky had been blotted out by ugly, sulphurous yellow. Covered the sky, blotted it right out. Kendall and his shadow blotted the tunnel ahead. Maybe I was blotting out my past, as provincials do, in my haste to get to where the action was. Would the daughter even remember her father with the perpetual presence of Hope to blot him out? Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto make something difficult to see by being in front of or over it► hide · Low clouds hid the top of the mountain.· Most of his face was hidden by a beard.· The bushes had become overgrown and now hid the entrance to the garden.hide something from view · A pair of mirrored sunglasses hid her eyes from view. ► conceal formal to hide something by covering it: · A wide-brimmed hat concealed her graying hair.· Her legs were concealed to the ankle by a loose flowing skirt. ► cover to be over something or on top of it so that it cannot be seen: · The make-up didn't cover her bruises as well as she'd hoped.· He pulled back a corner of the blanket that covered the dead body. ► screen to hide something completely by being in front of it: · In the back yard, a hedge neatly screens the vegetable plot.screen something (off) from something: · The house is screened from the road by a row of tall trees. ► blot out to cover something so completely that you are not able to see any of it: blot out something: · The clouds of dust grew heavier till they blotted out the desert and the moon.blot something out: · The shadow of someone in the back of the theater blotted the movie screen out for a moment. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► out · As an experience to blot out the horror of her discovery on Brynteg it had been blissfully successful.· Then by dusk it appears as if snowstorms are blotting out the distant views.· By the time I reached the small town of Pinedale the blue sky had been blotted out by ugly, sulphurous yellow.· A little beyond, to judge from the windows of dead, a Union regiment had been blotted out.· I blot out unwanted runs, bleeds and blocks with highly textured kitchen roll.· Rolling clouds of black smoke blotted out the sky while brilliant sheaths of flame slithered out of every window.· Ace could see it only because it was moving, blotting out more stars as it and the shuttle flew towards each other.· It was the kind of blindness that blots out obstacles and leads to brave ventures. NOUN► copybook · Mustn't blot my copybook by being late. ► paper · The solid marker was impregnated on blotting paper and then coated with cellulose.· Then have them put the blotting paper inside the cup, with the ink above the water.· An hour passed while he ordered pages and laid damp stamps on blotting paper with tweezers.· Follow-up Make indicator strips by cutting blotting paper or heavy construction paper into strips and dipping them in the cabbage water.· These moistened globules should be dried on blotting paper and then put in a sealed bottle, and labelled 0/1.· The contents were then discarded, the wells were washed with the wash buffer solution and blotted on a paper towel.· But if Berowne had been writing and had blotted the paper at the desk, where was it now? Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► blot your copybook Mustn't blot my copybook by being late. 1to make a wet surface become dry by pressing soft paper or cloth on it2blot your copybook British English informal to do something that spoils the idea that people have of youblot something ↔ out phrasal verb1to cover or hide something completely:  Thick white smoke blotted out the sun.2if you blot out an unpleasant memory, a thought etc, you deliberately try to forget it:  She said she took drugs to blot out her problems.blot something ↔ up phrasal verb to remove liquid from a surface by pressing soft paper or cloth onto it blot1 verbblot2 noun blotblot2 noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINblot2 Origin: 1300-1400 Probably from a Scandinavian language Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES ink blots EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All transformed cell lines were examined by Southern blot hybridisation. Clones displaying a preferential expression in early placenta after Southern blot analysis were selected and sequenced. He makes no blot who has no ink, Nor gathers honey who keeps no bees. I appeared twice like an ink blot on a folded sheet of paper: a passive, meaningless blur. Right: Victor Hugo, ink blot, about 1855. There has been only one report that has identified epoxide hydrolase in colonic carcinomas, by western blot analysis. This ink blot, due to be exhibited, dates from Hugo's eighteen year-long political exile on the island of Jersey. This man Otis is the one blot on the banner of southern California; he is the bar sinister on your escutcheon. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorobject/building etc► ugly very unpleasant to look at: · Local residents think that the new shopping centre is one of the ugliest buildings in the city.· The room was bare except for a few pieces of ugly furniture. ► unsightly something that is unsightly is unpleasant to look at, and spoils the appearance of the things around it: · Bushes and plants make the perfect screen for unsightly objects such as dustbins.· Tight bras and knickers can cause unsightly bulges under close-fitting clothes. ► unattractive not at all pleasant to look at: · The town is surrounded by large, unattractive housing estates that nobody wants to live in.· Wearing an unattractive blouse and old-fashioned skirt, Lisa looked older than she was. ► hideous extremely ugly: · One of our wedding presents was a hideous clock.· Emma was wearing an absolutely hideous purple and orange dress. ► revolting something that is revolting is so ugly that you do not like to look at it: · Remember that three piece suite Mrs Killeen had? It was grey and mustard. It was absolutely revolting!· Who's that TV presenter who always wears those revolting sweaters? ► monstrosity a very large ugly building or object: · I rented a Spanish-style monstrosity in Beverly Hills while my apartment was redecorated.· This building is another monstrosity celebrated as a brilliant piece of architecture. ► an eyesore a large and very ugly building that you cannot avoid seeing: · They built a huge office block right next to the old cathedral - what an eyesore!· Intended to be the world's largest casino, it now stands as an eyesore near the big tourist and convention hotels of New Orleans. ► blot on the landscape British something that spoils the view, especially an ugly building: · The container site at North Farm is a real blot on the landscape. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► ink blots  ink blots ► blot on the landscape  The new power station is a blot on the landscape. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► northern · The washing of the northern blots was carried out according to standard methods.· Figure 5. Northern blot analysis of Oct-11 and Oct-2 expression in various mouse tissues and cell lines. NOUN► ink · Right: Victor Hugo, ink blot, about 1855.· This ink blot, due to be exhibited, dates from Hugo's eighteen year-long political exile on the island of Jersey.· I appeared twice like an ink blot on a folded sheet of paper: a passive, meaningless blur. 1a mark or dirty spot on something, especially made by ink:  ink blots2a building, structure etc that is ugly and spoils the appearance of a place:  The new power station is a blot on the landscape.3something that spoils the good opinion that people have of someone or somethingblot on The increase in juvenile crime is a blot on our time.
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