| 单词 | dot |
| 释义 | noun | verb dotdot1 /dɑt/ ●●● S3 noun 1[countable] a round mark or spot: blue material decorated with colored dotsdot of tiny dots of ink → see also connect the dots at connect (8), polka dot, spot12[countable] spoken what you say when you read the sign (.) in an Internet address or a computer code: You can visit our website at www.longman.com (=said as “w-w-w dot Longman dot com”).3on the dot informal exactly at a particular time: I’m leaving work at 12:30 on the dot.4[countable] something that looks like a small spot because it is so far away: The plane was just a dot in the sky.5[countable] a short sound or flash of light used when sending messages by Morse code [Origin: Old English dott top of a spot on the skin] noun | verb dotdot2 ●○○ verb (dotted, dotting) [transitive] 1to mark something by putting a dot on it or above it: She never dots her i’s.2[usually passive] to be spread far apart from each other over a wide area: Chalet-style homes dot the landscape.be dotted around something Little piles of toys were dotted around the room.3be dotted with something if an area is dotted with things, a number of those things are found throughout the area, each one far apart from the others: The hills are dotted with California live oaks.4to put a very small amount of something on a surface, or in several places on a surface: Dot the apples with butter.5dot the i’s and cross the t’s informal to deal with all the details when you are finishing something: We haven’t dotted all the i’s and crossed the t’s, but the contract’s almost ready.—dotted adjective → see also dotted line |
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