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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries吸い取り紙
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /suitorigami/
"彼はインクを乾かすために吸い取り紙を使いました。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A piece of absorbent paper used for drying freshly written ink.
"He pressed a clean blotter against the handwritten letter to prevent the ink from smudging." - 2
A book in which events, arrests, or transactions are recorded as they occur, especially at a police station.
"The suspect's name was promptly entered into the police station's daily blotter."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb blot, originating in the late Middle English period meaning to stain or soil, combined with the agent suffix -er. By the 19th century, it specifically came to describe absorbent paper used to dry excess ink, as well as the logbooks used in police stations to record daily arrests.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Blotter" is said worldwide
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buvard
Transliteration: /by.vaʁ/
"Il a utilisé un buvard pour sécher l'encre fraîche."
Löschblatt
Transliteration: /ˈlœʃˌblat/
"Er legte ein Löschblatt auf das nasse Geschriebene."
asciugante
Transliteration: /aʃ.ʃuˈɡan.te/
"Ha usato la carta assorbente per asciugare l'inchiostro."
borrador
Transliteration: /bo.ɾaˈðoɾ/
"Utilizó un papel secante para limpiar la tinta."
mata-borrão
Transliteration: /ˌmat.a buˈʁɐ̃w̃/
"Ele passou o mata-borrão no papel."
श्याही सुखाने वाला कागज़
Transliteration: shyahi sukhane wala kagaz
"उसने स्याही सुखाने वाले कागज़ का इस्तेमाल किया।"
吸墨纸
Transliteration: /xī mò zhǐ/
"他在文件上铺了一张吸墨纸。"
흡취지
Transliteration: /heup.chwi.ji/
"그는 만년필 잉크를 닦기 위해 흡취지를 사용했다."
吸い取り紙
Transliteration: /suitorigami/
"彼はインクを乾かすために吸い取り紙を使いました。"
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