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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- blot [blɑt]
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1.
n
a stain or spot of ink, paint, dirt, etc
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2.
n
something that spoils or detracts from the beauty or worth of something
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3.
n
a blemish or stain on one's character or reputation
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4.
vb
(of ink, dye, etc) to form spots or blobs on (a material) or (of a person) to cause such spots or blobs to form on (a material)
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5.
vi.
[intr]
to stain or become stained or spotted
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6.
vt.
[tr]
to cause a blemish in or on; disgrace
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7.
vt.
to soak up (excess ink, etc) by using blotting paper or some other absorbent material
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8.
vt.
(of blotting paper or some other absorbent material) to absorb (excess ink, etc)
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9.
vt.
[tr
; often foll by out] to darken or hide completely; obscure; obliterate -
10.
vt.
to destroy; annihilate
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11.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: probably of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch bluyster
blister
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1.
n
a stain or spot of ink, paint, dirt, etc
- blot [blɑt]
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1.
n
[backgammon]
a man exposed by being placed alone on a point and therefore able to be taken by the other player
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2.
n
[archaic]
a weak spot
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3.
n
[Etymology]
C16: perhaps from Middle Dutch bloot poor
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1.
n
[backgammon]
a man exposed by being placed alone on a point and therefore able to be taken by the other player
Examples
- That shack is a blot on the landscape.
- 那棚屋大煞风景。 → blot
- a blot on the landscape
- 有碍观瞻的物体 → blot
- to blot one's copybook
- 损坏自己的名誉 → blot
- 浓荫蔽日。
- The thick foliage seemed to blot out the sun. → 浓荫
- 用粉笔把墨水吸干
- blot ink with a piece of chalk → 吸
- 纸上落了一滴墨水，快拿吸墨纸搌一搌吧。
- A drop of ink has fallen on the paper; blot it up quickly. → 搌
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