blotted adj. 沾上污渍的
v. 弄脏;玷污;模糊不清(blot的过去分词形式)
- He blotted the wet ink with a clean blotter .
他用干净的吸墨纸吸干墨水。 - He was a good accountant before he blotted his copybook by stealing some money.
他原是个好会计,后来因偷窃现金而断送了自己的前程。 - Blessed are the powerful, for they shall be reverenced among men – Cursed are the feeble, for they shall be blotted out!
有力量的受祝福,因他们会赢得尊重,无力的受诅咒,因他们会被抹杀!
Blot \Blot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Blotting}.] [Cf. Dan. plette. See 3d {Blot}.]
1. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
The brief was writ and blotted all with gore.
--Gascoigne.
2. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads.
--Shak.
3. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
Blot not thy innocence with guiltless blood. --Rowe.
4. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface;
-- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a
sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.
One act like this blots out a thousand crimes.
--Dryden.
5. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
He sung how earth blots the moon's gilded wane.
--Cowley.
6. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
Syn: To obliterate; expunge; erase; efface; cancel; tarnish;
disgrace; blur; sully; smear; smutch.