Paper that absorbs ink is called blotting paper.

I tried to blot out the image of her sad face.

我尽量不去想她那张忧伤的脸。

The new building is a blot on the landscape.

这幢新的建筑破坏了景色。

It seems as if the blanket of depression is in some way necessary to help them blot out the even greater pain of real life

似乎这种弥漫的抑郁情绪多少能帮助他们忘却一些现实生活中更大的痛苦。

The boy has gaps in his mind about it. He is blotting certain things out

这个小男孩对此的记忆中有几段空白。他想忘掉某些事情。

The likelihood is that most of those baubles, tinsel and flashing LED lights you've draped liberally around your house came from Yiwu, 300km south of Shanghai-where there's not a ( real) pine tree nor ( natural) snowflake in sight 。

你家的圣诞装饰球、金属箔、你挂满屋的闪闪发亮的LED灯，它们十有八九是从义乌来的。义乌在上海以南300公里，那里既没有真正的松树，也看不到天然雪花。

Lacking a cell phone and high-speed Internet, I have time to play ping pong every evening, to write long letters to old friends and to go shopping for my sweetheart ( or to track down old 18) baubles for two kids who are now out in the world).

没有手机以及高速互联网，我便有时间每天晚上去打乒乓球、给老朋友写长长的信，为我的爱人购物（或者为两个仍然在外面世界闯荡的孩子淘淘旧玩意）。

Luxury goods were the currency of Chinese corruption for decades, until Beijing stepped in two years ago to block the flow of fine baubles into the hands of government officials-and stem the flood of profits into the coffers of luxury goods companies.

奢侈品数十年来一直在中国充当行贿者输送利益的工具，直到两年前中国政府出手切断了源源流向政府官员手中的精美礼品流——也堵住了滚滚流向奢侈品企业的财源。

Adrian Cheng, heir to the Chow Tai Fook jewellery store empire that has been selling baubles to mainlanders for decades, says the past five years have experienced a big boom in giving Christmas presents.

珠宝零售帝国周大福（Chow Tai Fook）的继承人郑志刚（Adrian Cheng）说，过去五年出现了送圣诞礼物的大热潮。

By contrast, with her Best Actress Oscar nomination for'An Education'this week, Carey Mulligan has dozens of fashion designers vying to lend her baubles and gowns for the Oscars.

相比之下，因《成长教育》获得最佳女演员提名的凯瑞·穆里根则得到了数十名服装设计师的青睐，他们争相租借给她在奥斯卡上穿着的首饰和礼服。

In order for the QMA to be more than a rich girl's plaything, Sheikha Mayassa will have to do better than put expensive foreign baubles on display in her homeland.

要想使QMA不仅仅是一个富家女的玩物，Sheikha Mayassa若只是将国外的一些花哨玩意儿搬进卡塔尔是远远不够的。

This suggests that the true benefits of municipal high-speed networks are not the consumer-friendly baubles such as high-speed video downloads, HDTV and the like, but the vast range of possibilities they open.

这表明市政高速网络真正的收益并不是以顾客利益为重的低值服务，诸如高速视频下载，高清电视等等，而是随之带来的无限可能性。

Others, keen to line up a few gold and silver baubles in the trophy room, set their sights on international high-goal polo and, sometimes, a polo estate.

而其他一些热衷于获得几枚金银奖章的人则将目光投向了国际性高级别马球运动，有时他们也会对马球庄园感兴趣。

"Baubles, bangles and beads"

小玩意，手镯和珠串

The White House may be bedecked with baubles and awash with Christmas cheer, but its most famous resident appears a tad disgruntled with Santa.

现在的白宫可能已经挂满了各种圣诞装饰，洋溢着浓浓的圣诞气氛，但这里最著名的居民对圣诞老人却似乎颇有微词。

Besides the holly and ivy, pine or spruce trees are set up in people's houses and decorated with tinsel, electric lights, and baubles;

除了冬青树和常青藤外，松树和云杉也会被人们放置在房子里，在上面装饰上金属条、电灯泡、小玩意等；

Murkrow: I keep telling my partner that we should seek out flashy baubles and glamorous glitz

黑暗鸦：我一直告诉我的伙伴说我们要寻找的是那些华而不实的装饰品和迷人的浮华

Ireland-Throughout December trees are purchased and decorated with brightly colored lights, tinsel and baubles.

爱尔兰&整个十二月都有树买，且用闪光的彩灯、金纸和小饰物点缀其上。

'But Aussie, American, Kiwis, German and French customers have been purchasing Beard Baubles too.'

但是也有澳大利亚人，美国人，新西兰人，德国人和法国人购买胡须装饰物。

This group is looking for custom-made baubles and won't blink at spending$ 75,000 on a necklace.

这一群人们寻求的是定制物品，对一条项链花7.5万美元连眼睛都不会眨一下。

Ollie says: 'We've heard about hairy dogs wearing Beard Baubles too.'

奥利说：我们听说也有长毛狗佩戴胡须装饰物了。