Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - blot
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(blots, blotting, blotted) 1. If something is a blot on a person’s or thing’s reputation, it spoils their reputation. ...a blot on the reputation of the architectural profession... This drugs scandal is another blot on the Olympics. N-COUNT: N on n 2. A blot is a drop of liquid that has fallen on to a surface and has dried. ...an ink blot. N-COUNT 3. If you blot a surface, you remove liquid from it by pressing a piece of soft paper or cloth onto it. Before applying make-up, blot the face with a tissue to remove any excess oils.. VERB: V n, also V n adj 4. If you describe something such as a building as a blot on the landscape, you mean that you think it is very ugly and spoils an otherwise attractive place. The developers insist the ?80m village will not leave a blot on the landscape. PHRASE: blot inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. a soiling or disfiguring mark ; spot 2. a mark of reproach ; moral flaw 3. a usually nitrocellulose or nylon sheet that contains spots of immobilized macromolecules (as of DNA, RNA, or protein) or their fragments and is used to identify specific components of the spots by applying a molecular probe (as a complementary nucleic acid or a radio labeled antibody) — compare Southern ~, Western ~ II. verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to spot, stain, or spatter with a discoloring substance 2. obsolete mar; especially to stain with infamy 3. a. to dry (as writing) with an absorbing agent b. to remove with absorbing material ~ting up spilled water intransitive verb 1. to make a ~ 2. to become marked with a ~ III. noun Etymology: perhaps from Dutch bloot naked, exposed, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle High German bloz bare Date: 1595 1. a lone backgammon man exposed to capture 2. archaic a weak or exposed point ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a spot or stain of ink etc. 2 a moral defect in an otherwise good character; a disgraceful act or quality. 3 any disfigurement or blemish. --v. (blotted, blotting) 1 a tr. spot or stain with ink; smudge. b intr. (of a pen, ink, etc.) make blots. 2 tr. a use blotting-paper or other absorbent material to absorb excess ink. b (of blotting-paper etc.) soak up (esp. ink). 3 tr. disgrace (blotted his reputation). Phrases and idioms blot one's copybook damage one's reputation. blot on the escutcheon a disgrace to the family name. blot out 1 a obliterate (writing). b obscure (a view, sound, etc.). 2 obliterate (from the memory) as too painful. 3 destroy. blotting-paper unglazed absorbent paper used for soaking up excess ink. Etymology: ME prob. f. Scand.: cf. Icel. blettr spot, stain ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. пятно 2. клякса, помарка; неясное, стершееся место в тексте to make a blot —- поставить кляксу 3. пятно, позор, бесчестье a blot on smb.'s character —- пятно на чьей-л репутации without a blot on one's character —- с незапятнанной репутацией 4. что-л уродливое, громоздкое, неприятное для глаза it is a blot on the landscape —- это портит пейзаж 5. делать кляксы, пачкать 6. пачкаться, становиться грязным fabric that blots —- маркая материя 7. стирать, вычеркивать; смазывать написанное, вымаривать a memory never to be blotted out —- образ. неизгладимое воспоминание 8. заглаживать 9. затмевать, затемнять, заслонять the Moon was blotted by the Earth's shade —- тень Земли затмила Луну a cloud has blotted out the moon —- туча закрыла луну 10. пятнать, бесчестить 11. промакивать (промокательной бумагой) 12. малевать Id: to blot one's copybook —- замарать свою репутацию 13. незащищенная шашка (в игре в триктрак) 14. уязвимое, слабое место to hit a blot —- ударить по слабому (уязвимому) месту ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) пятно 2) клякса, помарка 3) пятно; позор, бесчестье a blot on the landscape prov. - ложка дегтя в бочке меда Syn: see stigma 2. v. 1) пачкать 2) пятнать; бесчестить to blot ones copy-book coll. - замарать свою репутацию, совершить бесчестный поступок 3) промокать (промокательной бумагой) 4) грунтовать, окрашивать - blot out BLOT out а) вычеркивать; стирать б) fig. заглаживать в) уничтожать We must blot out the memory of wartime troubles. г) заливать чернилами (чаще случайно) I cant read this letter, the ink has run and blotted out half the words. д) закрывать a cloud has blotted out the moon туча закрыла луну ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1373, originally "blemish," perhaps from O.N. blettr "blot, stain," or from O.Fr. bloche "clod of earth." The verb is first attested 1440. Blotter "police arrest record," first recorded 1887, Amer.Eng., from earlier meaning "day book" (1678). Blotto "drunk" attested from c.1905. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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