| 单词 | the year dot |
| 释义 | dot1 /dot/noun
ORIGIN: OE has dott head of a boil; Du dot tuft, knot dottˈed adjective
dottˈiness noun dottˈy adjective
dot ball noun (cricket) A ball from which no runs are scored (conventionally recorded on a scorecard with a dot) dot matrix noun (computing) A method of printing using a rectangular matrix consisting of lines of pins, a selection of which is used to make each letter shape (hence dot matrix printer) dotted line noun A line composed of dots or dashes that (on printed forms, etc) one is instructed to sign on or tear along, etc dotted note or dotted rest noun (music) One whose length is increased by one half by a dot placed after it dotted rhythm noun One characterized by the use of dotted notes dot and carry (mathematics) To set down the units and carry over the tens to the next column dot one's i's and cross one's t's To pay great attention to detail dotted around or over, etc Here and there on the dot (of) Exactly (at) (a given time) the year dot (informal) The very beginning of time year /yēr or yûr/noun (pl years or, used adjectivally with a preceding numeral, year, eg a three-year period)
ORIGIN: OE gēar; Ger Jahr, ON ār, Gr hōrā season yearˈling noun
yearˈly adjective
A publication appearing, an event occurring, etc, once a year yearˈbook noun A book published annually, reviewing the events of the past year year-endˈ noun The end of the (esp financial) year (also adjective) yearˈlong adjective Lasting a year year-on-yearˈ adjective (economics) Of figures, set against figures for the equivalent period in the previous year yearˈ-round adjective Existing, lasting, open, etc throughout the year anomalistic year A year as measured by the earth's time of passage from perihelion to perihelion, ie 365 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, 49 seconds astronomical year A year as measured by the time between two occurrences of the same equinox or solstice, ie the time taken for one complete mean apparent circuit of the ecliptic by the sun, ie 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 46 seconds (also called the equinoctial, natural, solar or tropical year) calendar year same as legal year below. canicular year The Sothic year (see under Sothic) civil year same as legal year below. ecclesiastical year The year as arranged in the ecclesiastical calendar, with the saints' days, festivals, etc embolismic year A year of thirteen lunar months (384 days) occurring in a lunisolar calendar such as that of the Jews equinoctial year see astronomical year above. financial year see under finance fiscal year see under fiscal great year see Platonic year below. Hebrew year A lunisolar year, of 12 or 13 months of 29 or 30 days (in every cycle of nineteen years the 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 19th having thirteen months instead of twelve) Julian year The year according to the Julian calendar (introduced by Julius Caesar, modified by Augustus; superseded by the Gregorian calendar), a period of 3651/4 days, longer than an astronomical year by about 11 minutes (see also style) leap year see above. legal year The year by which dates are reckoned (it has begun on different dates at different periods in history, and for six centuries before 1752 it began in England on 25 March since when (earlier in Scotland) it has begun on 1 January) lunar year A period of twelve lunar months or 354 days natural year see astronomical year above. Platonic year A cycle of years at the end of which the heavenly bodies were supposed to be again in the same place as at the Creation (also called great or perfect year) sabbatical year see under Sabbath sidereal year The period required by the sun to move from a given star to the same star again, having a mean value of 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 9.6 seconds solar or tropical year see astronomical year above. the year dot see under dot1 the Year of Grace, or of our Lord A formula used in stating any particular year since Christ's birth year in, year out
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