blot out

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASAL VERB If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen. 遮擋
About the time the three climbers were halfway down, clouds blotted out the sun. 儅3位登山者下到半山腰的時(shí)候，雲(yún)層遮住了太陽(yáng)。
The victim's face was blotted out by a camera blur. 受害者的麪部圖像被做了模糊処理。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you try to blot out a memory, you try to forget it. If one thought or memory blots out other thoughts or memories, it becomes the only one that you can think about. 抹掉 (記憶); (思想、記憶) 佔(zhàn)據(jù)全部大腦
Are you saying that she's trying to blot out all memory of the incident?
你是說(shuō)她想抹掉對(duì)那次事件的一切記憶嗎？
The boy has gaps in his mind about it. He is blotting certain things out. 這個(gè)男孩對(duì)此事的記憶有缺失，他對(duì)有些事情不記得了。