Word · Frequency #11768
blot
吸干;吸收;用吸墨纸吸干
To soak up or absorb liquid, especially to dry something with absorbent material.
常与 up 连用
- 1.
To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
通过洒有色物质在某物上造成污渍。
- 2.
To soak up or absorb liquid.
吸收或吸取液体。
- 3.
To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
用吸墨纸吸干(书写等)。
- 4.
dry (ink) with blotting paper
用吸墨纸吸干(墨水)
- 5.
To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
如用墨水点、染或溅污。
- 6.
To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
损害;破坏;玷污。
- 7.
To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
以耻辱玷污;使蒙羞。
- 8.
To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
用墨水涂掉,如文字;取消;抹去;通常与“out”连用。
- 9.
To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
遮蔽;使黯然失色;遮掩。
- 10.
To hit a blot.
击中暴露棋子。
弄脏;沾污;抹掉;遮蔽;使消失;损害;玷污;使蒙羞;(双陆棋中)击中孤子;通过洒有色物质在某物上造成污渍。
In use
She carefully blotted the excess ink from the letter.
He is blotting the signature to prevent smudging.
Always blot your writing before folding the paper.
Verb forms
base blot · third person blots · -ing blotting · past blotted · past participle blotted
规则动词,注意双写t再加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- blot out
- 抹去;遮蔽;消除
- The clouds blotted out the sun.云层遮住了太阳。
- blot up
- 吸干;吸去
- Use a paper towel to blot up the spilled water.用纸巾吸干洒出的水。
- blot one's copybook
- 玷污自己的名声;留下污点
- He blotted his copybook by arriving late.他因迟到而留下了污点。
- blot dry
- 用吸墨纸吸干;压干
- She blotted the ink dry with blotting paper.她用吸墨纸把墨水吸干。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a blot on the landscape
- 煞风景的事物;破坏景色的东西That new tower block is a blot on the landscape.那座新公寓大楼真是煞风景。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
纸上溅了一滴墨水,晕开成一块 blot(污渍);赶紧用吸墨纸按一按吸干,否则它会 blot 你的名声。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:writing、cleaning spills 对于表示“吸干”的动词用法,blot 通常出现在书写场景(如用吸墨纸吸干墨水)或日常清理液体时,属于中性语域,正式与非正式场合都可用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All of these rhyme with 'blot' /blɑt/: hot, not, pot, dot, knot, spot. Note that 'blotch' /blɑtʃ/, 'blow' /bloʊ/, and 'bolt' /boʊlt/ look similar but do not rhyme.
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
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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