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Dot Small Phrase N Count Round Arrive Time Long

单词 dot
音标
英[dɒt] 美[dɑt]
解释
n.点,小圆点;vt.打点于;散布于;点缀;以小圆点标出;
例句

N-COUNT
点;小点;小圆点
A dot is a very small round mark, for example one that is used as the top part of the letter 'i', as a full stop, or as a decimal point.

N-COUNT
(因距离远而看起来)似小点之物,点状物
You can refer to something that you can see in the distance and that looks like a small round mark as a dot .
例:Soon they were only dots above the hard line of the horizon.很快他们就成了地平线上的几个小点了。

VERB
散布于;星罗棋布于;遍布
When things dot a place or an area, they are scattered or spread all over it.
例:Small coastal towns dot the landscape.这一地区滨海小镇星罗棋布。

PHRASE
准时地;按指定时间
If you arrive somewhere or do something on the dot, you arrive there or do it at exactly the time that you were supposed to.
例:They appeared on the dot of 9.50 pm as always...他们和往常一样在晚上9点50分准时出现。
例:At nine o' clock on the dot, they have breakfast.他们在 9 点钟准时吃早饭。

PHRASE
(在耗时且无关紧要的事情上)一丝不苟,注重细节
If you say that someone dots the i's and crosses the t's, you mean that they pay great attention to every small detail in a task; often used to express your annoyance because such detailed work seems unnecessary and takes a very long time.

PHRASE
很久以前
The year dot is used to mean a very long time ago.
例:You've wanted to be a barrister since the year dot.很久以前你就一直想成为一名辩护律师了。
变形
third:dots~done:dotted~pl:dots~ing:dotting~past:dotted~

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