| 释义 |
blot·ter
\ˈbläd.ə(r), -ätə-\ noun
(-s)
1. : one that blots; especially : a piece of blotting paper
2. : a book in which entries (as of transactions or occurrences) are made temporarily pending their transfer to permanent record books
< a police blotter >
3. slang : a person who blots up liquor : drunk, sot
4. [so called from its having been made of blotting paper] : a disk of compressible material (as a cloth or felt gasket in the mounting of a grinding wheel) for avoidance of excessive pressure by clamping nuts
5. : a coat of gravel, crushed rock, or crushed slag spread over a layer of bituminous material with which it consolidates to form a bonded road surface
6. West : a cattle thief who attempts to conceal his depredations by altering the brands of stolen cattle |