| 单词 | dot |
| 释义 | dot 1. n. & v. --n 1. a a small spot, speck, or mark. b such a mark written or printed as part of an i or j, as a diacritical mark, as one of a series of marks to signify omission, or as a full stop. c a decimal point. 2. Mus. a dot used to denote the lengthening of a note or rest, or to indicate staccato. 3. the shorter signal of the two used in Morse code (cf. DASH n. 6). 4. a tiny or apparently tiny object (a dot on the horizon). --vtr. (dotted, dotting) 1. a mark with a dot or dots. b place a dot over (a letter). 2. Mus. mark (a note or rest) to show that the time value is increased by half. 3. (often foll. by about) scatter like dots. 4. partly cover as with dots (a sea dotted with ships). 5. sl. hit (dotted him one in the eye). Phrases and idioms dot the i's and cross the t's colloq. 1. be minutely accurate, emphasize details. 2. add the final touches to a task, exercise, etc. dot matrix printer Computing a printer with characters formed from dots printed by configurations of the tips of small wires. dotted line a line of dots on a document, esp. to show a place left for a signature. on the dot exactly on time. the year dot Brit. colloq. far in the past. Derivatives dotter n. Etymology: OE dott head of a boil, perh. infl. by Du. dot knot 2. n. a woman's dowry. Etymology: F f. L dos dotis |
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