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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++blob /blɒb $ blɑːb/ noun [countable]  1 LIQUIDa very small round mass of a liquid or sticky substance 一滴,一小团blob of a blob of honey 一滴蜂蜜2 SEEsomething that cannot be clearly seen, especially because it is far away 〔尤因离得很远而〕看不清的东西 Without a telescope, the comet will look like a fuzzy blob. 不用望远镜的话,那颗彗星看上去就像一个模糊不清的亮点。
Examples from the Corpus
blobBlobs of wax had dripped from the candle onto the table cloth.Rita dropped a blob of paint on the new carpet.Put a blob of glue on each surface and carefully press together.Then I saw a blob of something floating in the water.Astronomers say the comet will look like a fuzzy blob in the southwestern sky.A big pink blob of a face was at the window, peering in at him.Thirty-two-year-old Mike Keneally managed to transform himself from a 28-stone blob into a 14-stone hunk.And then she picked up the map and stared at the blobs of green and yellow in the Aegean Sea.Some were no more than motionless translucent blobs.All I could see, as usual, with my untrained eye, were blobs and shadows.
Origin blob (1700-1800) Probably from blob bubble ((16-19 centuries)), perhaps from the sound made by the lips when producing a bubble
blob nounChinese
substance a small or Corpus mass sticky round of very a liquid


blob
blob /blɒb $ blɑːb/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Origin: Probably from blob 'bubble' (16-19 centuries), perhaps from the sound made by the lips when producing a bubble
1. a very small round mass of a liquid or sticky substance
    blob of
    a blob of honey
2. something that cannot be clearly seen, especially because it is far away:
    Without a telescope, the comet will look like a fuzzy blob.


blobBrE /blɒb/ 🔊NAmE /blɑːb/ 🔊 nouna small amount or drop of sth, especially a liquid; a small area of colour (尤指液体的)一点,一滴;(颜色的)一小片,斑点a blob of ink一滴墨水a pink blob粉红色斑点