| 英语单词 | jot |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [dʒɒt] 美 [dʒɑːt] |
| 中文释义 | n.少量 v.草草记下;匆匆记下 |
| 英语例句 | (1) I don't care a jot for their feelings. (2) There's not a jot of truth in his story. (3) She jots down a few note,and later transcribes them into an exercise book. (4) Today I wrote a letter, jotting it down how I feel. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我一点都不理会他们的感受。 (2) 他一句实话也没有。 (3) 她草草做了些笔记,然后誊写在练习本上。 (4) 今天我写了一封信 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you jot something, you write it quickly. You might jot down a friend's email address on the back of your grocery list. |
| vocabulary扩展 | It's most common to use the verb jot with down: "Hang on, let me jot down the appointment time." It's a good word to use when you're writing a brief note, a phone number, or a list — especially when you're doing it in a hurry. The earliest meaning of jot is "a tiny bit," which comes from the Latin word jota, an alternate spelling of the Greek iota, the smallest letter in the alphabet or the smallest amount of something. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]草草记下,匆匆写下(地址等) If you jot something short such as an address somewhere, you write it down so that you will remember it. [V n prep/adv] [V P n (not pron)] [V n P]
2 [QUANT 数量词]一点儿;少量 If you say that there is not a jot or not one jot of something, you are emphasizing that there is not even a very small amount of it. [with brd-neg] [emphasis] [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
3 [PHRASE 短语](用于强调否定陈述)丝毫,一点儿 Expressions such as a jot ,one jot ,not a jot are used to emphasize negative statements. [with brd-neg] [emphasis] [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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