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单词 the year dot
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dot1 /dot/

noun
  1. A very small spot, a speck or mark
  2. (in writing and printing) such a mark used as a full stop or point, one of a series used to indicate an omission, used to form the letters i and j or used as a diacritic
  3. The symbol representing the short element in the written representation of Morse code
  4. The symbol for the decimal point (mathematics)
  5. The symbol indicating multiplication or logical conjunction (logic, mathematics)
  6. The symbol used after a note or rest to indicate that its length is increased by half its value (music)
  7. The symbol used above or below a note to indicate that it should be played staccato (music)
  8. Anything like a dot, a very small object
  9. A very small amount
transitive verb (dottˈing; dottˈed)
  1. To mark with a dot or dots
  2. To scatter with objects
  3. To jot
  4. To hit (slang)
  5. To place or stand, etc at irregular and relatively widely spaced intervals
intransitive verb
  1. To form dots
  2. To limp
ORIGIN: OE has dott head of a boil; Du dot tuft, knot

dottˈed adjective

  1. Composed of dots
  2. Marked with a dot or dots

dottˈiness noun

dottˈy adjective

  1. Feeble-minded, eccentric (informal)
  2. (with about) crazy about, extremely fond of (informal)
  3. Composed of or covered with dots
  4. Unsteady (informal)

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)
  1. The time taken by the earth to orbit the sun, approx 365 days 6 hours but varying slightly according to the method of measurement (see anomalistic year, astronomical year, etc below)
  2. The time taken by any specified planet to revolve round the sun or, eg in science fiction, round any star
  3. The period of time beginning on 1 January and ending on 31 December, consisting of 365 days (except in a leap year, when one day is added to February, making the number 366), the present legal, civil or calendar year (see below)
  4. A space of twelve calendar months, or a period within each twelve-month space characterized by a particular activity, etc
  5. Students, etc as a group at the same stage of their education
  6. (in pl) a period of time or a person's life
  7. (in pl) a person's age
  8. (in pl) old age (archaic or poetic)
  9. (in pl) a very long time
ORIGIN: OE gēar; Ger Jahr, ON ār, Gr hōrā season

yearˈling noun

  1. An animal a year old
  2. A racehorse one year old, as calculated from 1 January of its year of foaling
  3. A bond maturing after one year (finance)
adjective
  1. A year old
  2. Maturing after one year (finance)

yearˈly adjective

  1. Happening every year
  2. Lasting a year
  3. For a year
adverb
  1. Once a year
  2. From year to year
noun

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

  1. (happening, done, etc) every year
  2. With monotonous regularity

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