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blobs

UK //blɒbz//US //blɑːbz//

词源

源自中古英语 blobbe,可能模拟液体滴落的声音。计算机术语缩写自Binary Large OBject。

noun

❶ 指形状不规则的小块或斑点,通常指液体或柔软物质的团块,如油漆、墨水或果酱等形成的圆形或不规则形状。

“There were blobs of paint on the floor after the artist finished working.”

(艺术家完成工作后,地板上留下了几滴油漆斑点。)

“She accidentally dropped a blob of jam on her white shirt.”

(她不小心把一小块果酱滴在了白衬衫上。)

❶ 在计算机领域,指二进制大对象(Binary Large Object),用于存储大量数据,如图片、音频或视频文件。

“The database stores images as blobs for efficient retrieval.”

(数据库将图片存储为二进制大对象以便高效检索。)

“You need special software to read the blob data in this file.”

(你需要特殊软件来读取这个文件中的二进制大对象数据。)

同义词:droplets, globules, spots, clumps, patches

verb

❶ 形成或使某物形成不规则的小块或斑点,通常指液体或柔软物质的聚集。

“The melted chocolate blobbed on the parchment paper.”

(融化的巧克力在烘焙纸上形成了不规则的团块。)

“Be careful not to blob the sauce too thickly on the pizza.”

(注意不要在披萨上涂得太厚形成团块。)

同义词:spot, splotch, smear, dab, daub

常见短语

blob of — 用于描述一小团某种物质,强调其形状不规则且数量不多。

“She put a blob of toothpaste on her brush.”

(她在牙刷上挤了一小块牙膏。)