transcription, транскрипция: [ blɒt ]
( 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