1590s, "thing for drying wet spots," agent noun from blot (v.). Meaning "bad writer" is from c. 1600. Sense of "day book" is from 1670s, and the word was applied early 19c. to rough drafts, scrap books, notebooks, and draft account books. Hence the police jargon sense "arrest record sheet," recorded from 1887.
雙語例句
1. The note, face upward on the blotter, was dated two days earlier.
這張便條正面朝上放在吸墨水紙上, 注明的日期是兩天之前.
來自辭典例句
2. He blotted the wet ink with a clean blotter.
他用干凈的吸墨紙吸干墨水.
來自辭典例句
3. The ranks of recent years'rich lists read like a police blotter.
近年來的富豪榜讀起來像警察的記事本.
來自互聯網
4. A police blotter is a record of arrests and charges.