dot
noun
uk/dɒt/us/dɑːt/B2[C]
a verysmallroundmark:
小圆点Thefullstopat the end of thissentenceis a dot.这个句子末尾的句号是一个小圆点。
Herskirtwasbluewithwhitedots.她的蓝裙子上有一些白色小圆点。
B1[U]
thespokenformof afullstopin aninternetoremailaddress, or somecomputerfiles:
(互联网、电子邮件地址或某些计算机文件所使用的句号的口语形式)点"What's thewebaddress?" "wwwdot cambridge dotorg".那个网址是什么? 「www.cambridge.org。」
[C]old-fashioned
theshortsoundsorshortflashesoflightused withdasheswhensendingmessagesin Morse (code)
(莫尔斯电码中的)点- If youjoinup the dots on thepaper, you'll get apicture.
- "What'syouremailaddress?" "It's cide at cambridge dotorg."
Specific signs and symbols
- argent
- arrow
- badge
- brand
- Britannia
- checksomethingoff
- chevron
- coat of arms
- crested
- cross
- hallmark
- L-plate
- Maltese cross
- Morse code
- patch
- registered trademark
- semaphore
- service mark
- shield
- underscore
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Internet terminology
Internet, email and texting conventions
Signs, signals and symbols
Idioms
on the dot
the year dot
dot
verb
uk/dɒt/us/dɑːt/-tt-[T]
to put a dot or dots on something:
在…上加点Yourhandwritingis hard toreadbecause you don't dotyouri's.你的笔迹很难辨认,因为你在字母 I 上面不加点。
[Toften passive]
to bespreadacrossanarea, or tospreadmanysimilarthingsacrossanarea:
分布,分散We haveofficesdottedaround/all overtheregion.我们的办事处在该地区星罗棋布。
Theareais dottedwithbeautifulchurches.这一地区有很多漂亮的教堂。
Writing & typing
- asemic
- bashsomethingout
- borrow
- calligrapher
- carriage return
- fair
- jot
- minute
- overwrite
- re-registration
- readability
- recompose
- reformulate
- registration
- rekey
- scribble
- touch-type
- unwritten
- writ
- writing
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Spreading and scattering
Idiom
dot the i's and cross the t's