Word · Frequency #11666
blob
一团；一坨
A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
- 1.
A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
无定形的一团
- 2.
A large cloud of gas.
一大团气体。
- 3.
A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
杜父鱼
- 4.
The partially inflated air bag used in the sport of blobbing.
用于“blobbing”运动的部分充气的气袋。
- 5.
Physarum polycephalum, a bright yellow acellular slime mold known for solving puzzles, making decisions, etc. without a nervous system.
多头绒泡菌
- 6.
An extremely morbidly obese person, to the point of most of their body being composed of fat and nothing else.
极度病态肥胖的人,身体大部分由脂肪组成,别无他物。
气体云；杜父鱼；弹射气垫；多头绒泡菌；大胖子
In use
I accidentally spilled a blob of ink on my new shirt.
Through the fog, we could only see a dark blob moving slowly.
There was a small blob of paint on the floor near the easel.
Connections
Collocations
- a blob of paint
- 一团油漆
- There was a blob of paint on the carpet.地毯上有一团油漆。
- a blob of jelly
- 一团果冻
- He put a blob of jelly on his toast.他在吐司上放了一团果冻。
- an amorphous blob
- 无形的一团
- The shadowy figure in the photo looked like an amorphous blob.照片里那个模糊的身影看起来像无形的一团。
- form a blob
- 形成一团
- The mixture will form a blob if you leave it alone.这种混合物如果放着不管会形成一团。
- melt into a blob
- 融成一团
- The chocolate melted into a blob in my pocket.巧克力在我口袋里融成了一团。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 blob 记成 b + lob：字母 b 像圆鼓鼓的肚子，lob 像软软的一坨，合起来就是“无定形的一团”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday conversation about a shapeless soft or liquid mass、general descriptive writing for a vague shape or object、technical astronomy term for a large gas cloud (e.g. Lyman-alpha blob) blob 表示“无定形的一团”时，多用于日常口语和一般描述性文字，语气偏随意但不粗鲁；在很正式的学术写作中较少出现，可改用 a shapeless mass。若在天文学等领域用作固定说法（如 Lyman-alpha blob），语体则趋于中性。
Grammar Note
可数名词，常与of连用，如a blob of paint（一滴油漆）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the stressed vowel /ɒ/ and final /b/, so they rhyme with 'blob'. Watch out for lookalikes that sound different: 'bomb' /bɒm/, 'comb' /kəʊm/, and 'tomb' /tuːm/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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