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. 當(dāng)3位登山者下到半山腰的時候，云層遮住了太陽。
The victim's face was blotted out by a camera blur. 受害者的面部圖像被做了模糊處理。
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) 占據(jù)全部大腦
Are you saying that she's trying to blot out all memory of the incident?
你是說她想抹掉對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. 這個男孩對此事的記憶有缺失，他對有些事情不記得了。