英语词汇“to dot the i's”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to dot the i's (and cross the t's) and variants: to pay attention to every detail, esp. when finishing off a task or undertaking; to be accurate and precise. Cf. to cross the t's at T n. 1b.

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > become specific [verb (intransitive)] > come to particulars > go into detail

particulate1596

particularize1601

intrinsicate1603

specialize1613

to go into ——1697

to dot the i's (and cross the t's)1820

1820 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 1 Feb. Pray, sir, what is the object of referring a bill to a committee—merely to dot the i's and cross the t's?

1921 Sat. Evening Post 8 Jan. 142/2 Don't worry over what I think about dotting i's—go ahead with the murder.

1979 Cincinnati Mag. May 79/1 No lawyers, no dotting the i's or crossing the t's, just a simple handshake.

2002 New Republic 18 Nov. 16/1 We've crossed every t and dotted every i. We've left nothing to chance.

单词	to dot the i's
释义	> as lemmas to dot the i's (and cross the t's) to dot the i's (and cross the t's) and variants: to pay attention to every detail, esp. when finishing off a task or undertaking; to be accurate and precise. Cf. to cross the t's at T n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > become specific [verb (intransitive)] > come to particulars > go into detail particulate1596 particularize1601 intrinsicate1603 specialize1613 to go into ——1697 to dot the i's (and cross the t's)1820 1820 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 1 Feb. Pray, sir, what is the object of referring a bill to a committee—merely to dot the i's and cross the t's? 1921 Sat. Evening Post 8 Jan. 142/2 Don't worry over what I think about dotting i's—go ahead with the murder. 1979 Cincinnati Mag. May 79/1 No lawyers, no dotting the i's or crossing the t's, just a simple handshake. 2002 New Republic 18 Nov. 16/1 We've crossed every t and dotted every i. We've left nothing to chance. extracted from dotv.¹ < as lemmas
随便看	never a dull moment never a dyse never a fig never a know i know never a one never a penny never a whit never again! never an one never any never ceasable never do today what you can put off until tomorrow never dreamt-of never dreamtof never fear never for one minute never halting never in a million years never in a month of sundays never in all my born days never intermitting never is a long time never kins never let the sun go down on something or someone never mention rope in the house of a man who has been hanged

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