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blotter

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++blot·ter /ˈblɒtə $ ˈblɑːtər/ noun  1. [countable]DHH a large piece of blotting paper kept on top of a desk 吸墨纸2 [countable] American EnglishPGSC a book in which an official daily record is kept 记事本,记录簿 the police blotter 警方拘捕记录簿3. [uncountable] American English informal the drug LSD 迷幻药
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blotterShe checked, but saw only a few photographs of a passing-out parade, a map, some pens and a blotter.The sawdust gathered on her blotter with ugly subtleness, like dandruff on a collar.With mounting excitement which neither betrayed they moved over to the desk and peered intently at the blotter.This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time.At the top of the blotter, where the pencils should be, is a pencil-case.There was a silence, the Matron, who was a Miss Cress, tapping her fountain pen lightly on the blotter.
blot·ter nounChineseSyllable
piece large a blotting Corpus paper kept of


blotter
blotter /ˈblɒtə $ ˈblɑːtər/ noun
1. [countable] a large piece of blotting paper kept on top of a desk
2. [countable] American English a book in which an official daily record is kept:
    the police blotter
3. [uncountable] American English informal the drug LSD


blot·terBrE /ˈblɒtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈblɑːtər/ 🔊 nouna large piece of blotting paper in a cover with a stiff back which is kept on a desk 吸墨纸板;吸墨用具(NAmE) the record of arrests in a police district (警察管区的)拘捕记录