dot
dot1
noun
[with obj.]
dot the i's and cross the t's
dotter
noun
语源
dot2
noun
noun
- a small round mark or spot
点，小点，小圆点
a symbol depicted in coloured dots.
由彩色圆点构成的标志。
■such a mark written or printed as part of an i or j, as one of a series of marks to signify omission, or as a full stop
（字母j或i上方的，以及构成省略号和句号的）圆点
■(Music)such a mark used to denote the lengthening of a note or rest by half, or to indicate staccato
(乐)附点，顿音记号
■the shorter signal of the two used in Morse code
（组成莫尔斯电码两个符号中表示短信号的）点。 比较 dash (义项3)
■used to refer to an object that appears tiny because it is far away
（由于距离远而显得）微小的东西，点状物
the heath shrank figures to mere dots.
荒原使（远处）人影变成了小点。
[with obj.]
- mark with a small spot or spots
用点在…上作标记，打点于
wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt.
雨点开始在他的衬衫上留下斑斑点点的印记。 - (of a number of items) be scattered over (an area)
散布于，星罗棋布于，（星星点点地）布满；点缀
churches dot the countryside.
教堂零星散布在乡间。
there appear to be a number of airfields dotted about.
附近好像分布着一些机场。
■place a dot over (a letter)
在（字母）上打点，加点于
you need to dot the i.
你应该在字母i上打点。
■(Music)mark (a note or rest) to show that the time value is increased by half
(乐)给（音符）加附点
[as adj. dotted]a dotted minim.
带附点的二分音符。 - (Brit. informal)hit (someone)
(英，非正式)打（某人）
‘You want to dot him one,’ he said.
“你想狠狠打他一下，”他说。
dot the i's and cross the t's
- (informal)ensure that all details are correct
(非正式)一丝不苟，重视细节
- (informal)exactly on time
(非正式)准时地
he arrived on the dot at nine o'clock.
他准时在九点整到达。
- (Brit. informal)a very long time ago
(英，非正式)很久以前
that wallpaper has been there since the year dot.
墙纸是很久以前贴的。
dotter
noun
语源
- Old English dott 'head of a boil'. The word is recorded only once in Old English, then not until the late 16th cent., when it is found in the sense 'a small lump or clot', perhaps influenced by Dutch dot 'a knot'. The sense 'small mark or spot' dates from the mid 17th cent
dot2
noun
- (archaic)a dowry from which only the interest or annual income was available to the husband
(古)（丈夫只可使用其利息或年收入的）嫁妆，妆奁，嫁资
- from French, from Latin dos, dot- 'dowry' (see dower)
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