Word · Frequency #27222
blotter
记事簿
daily police record
- 1.
A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture.
作为桌面文具的吸墨纸本中的一张吸墨纸。
- 2.
A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station.
警察局的每日逮捕和其他事件的登记簿。
- 3.
A register of the related events made in the form of the list of times and brief descriptions.
按时间和简要描述列表记录相关事件的登记簿。
作为桌面文具的吸墨纸本中的一张吸墨纸。；警察局的每日逮捕和其他事件的登记簿。；按时间和简要描述列表记录相关事件的登记簿。；吸墨纸；记事簿；[经] 草帐
In use
The officer wrote the suspect's name in the blotter.
According to the blotter, the incident was reported at midnight.
The reporter checked the police blotter for updates on the case.
read the police blotter
blotter 常作 read 的宾语，police blotter 指警方的每日记录。
She read the police blotter every morning.
她每天早上都会读警方记事簿。
on the police blotter
用 on 表示内容被记录在记事簿上。
The incident was reported on the police blotter.
这件事被记在警方记事簿上。
the blotter shows sth
blotter 作主语时，常用 show、list、record 等动词说明其内容。
Connections
Collocations
- police blotter
- 警局记事簿
- The suspect's name was entered in the police blotter.嫌疑人的名字被记入了警局记事簿。
- desk blotter
- 桌面吸墨垫
- The desk blotter was covered with ink stains.桌面吸墨垫上沾满了墨渍。
- blotter paper
- 吸墨纸
- The blotter paper absorbed the spilled ink.吸墨纸吸收了洒出的墨水。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：吸墨纸吸住墨痕，警察用它记下每日逮捕——blotter就是记事簿。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：police station、crime reporting、local news 该义指警察局的每日事件记录（如逮捕记录），多用于警务、新闻报道等正式或半正式场合，属于中性书面语。日常口语中若提到，通常加上 police 说 police blotter。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 blotter 押韵：hotter, plotter, potter, squatter, totter —— 都以 /ɒtə/ 结尾。注意拼写：hotter, plotter, potter, totter 为 …otter，squatter 为 …atter 但发音相同。letter 形似但不押韵，其元音为 /e/。
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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