| 单词 | blot |
| 释义 | blot blot1 —blotless, adj. —blottingly, adv. —blotty, adj. /blot/, n. , v. , blotted, blotting. 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. 4. to spot, stain, soil, or the like. 5. to darken; make dim; obscure or eclipse (usually fol. by out): We watched as the moon blotted out the sun. 6. to dry with absorbent paper or the like: to blot the wet pane. 7. to remove with absorbent paper or the like. v.i. 8. to make a blot; spread ink, dye, etc., in a stain: The more slowly I write, the more this pen blots. 9. to become blotted or stained: This paper blots too easily. 10. Chem. to transfer an array of separated components of a mixture to a chemically treated paper for analysis. Cf. gel, gel electrophoresis. 11. blot out, a. to make indistinguishable; obliterate: to blot out a name from the record. b. to wipe out completely; destroy: Whole cities were blotted out by bombs. [1275-1325; (n.) ME blotte, akin to ON blettr blot, spot, stain; (v.) late ME blotten, deriv. of the n.] Syn. 1. blotch, ink stain. 2. stain, taint, dishonor, disgrace, spot. 4. sully, disfigure. 5. obliterate, efface, erase, expunge. 7. absorb. blot2 /blot/, n. 1. 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. [1590-1600; < LG blat, akin to bloot bare, exposed, unprotected; c. D bloot, G bloss bare] |
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