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单词 blotless
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
blot1 /blɑt/USA pronunciation   n., v., blot•ted, blot•ting. 
n. [countable]
  1. a spot or stain:blots of ink.
  2. a blemish on a person's reputation:She'll try to erase this blot on her past.

v. [+ object]
  1. to make a blot:blotted the paper with a spot of ink.
  2. to spot, stain, or soil;
    ruin:blotted her reputation for fairness.
  3. blot out, [+ out + object]
    • to hide;
      prevent (something) from being seen:Clouds blotted out the sun.
    • to destroy completely;
      obliterate;
      wipe out:tried to blot out any memory of that horrible night.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
blot1  (blot),USA pronunciation n., v., blot•ted, blot•ting. 
n. 
  1. a spot or stain, esp. of ink on paper.
  2. a blemish on a person's character or reputation:He had been haunted by a blot on his past.
  3. [Archaic.]an erasure or obliteration, as in a writing.

v.t. 
  1. to spot, stain, soil, or the like.
  2. to darken;
    make dim;
    obscure or eclipse (usually fol. by out):We watched as the moon blotted out the sun.
  3. to dry with absorbent paper or the like:to blot the wet pane.
  4. to remove with absorbent paper or the like.

v.i. 
  1. to make a blot;
    spread ink, dye, etc., in a stain:The more slowly I write, the more this pen blots.
  2. to become blotted or stained:This paper blots too easily.
  3. Biochemistry[Chem.]to transfer an array of separated components of a mixture to a chemically treated paper for analysis. Cf. gel, gel electrophoresis.
  4. blot out:
    • to make indistinguishable;
      obliterate:to blot out a name from the record.
    • to wipe out completely;
      destroy:Whole cities were blotted out by bombs.
  • 1275–1325; (noun, nominal) Middle English blotte, akin to Old Norse blettr blot, spot, stain; (verb, verbal) late Middle English blotten, derivative of the noun, nominal
blotless, adj. 
blotting•ly, adv. 
blotty, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged blotch, ink stain.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stain, taint, dishonor, disgrace, spot.
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sully, disfigure.
    • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged obliterate, efface, erase, expunge.
    • 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged absorb.

blot2  (blot),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Games[Backgammon.]an exposed piece liable to be taken or forfeited.
  2. [Archaic.]an exposed or weak point, as in an argument or course of action.
  • Low German blat, akin to bloot bare, exposed, unprotected; cognate with Dutch bloot, German bloss bare
  • 1590–1600

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