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- a small round mark or spot点, 小圆点：
a symbol depicted in coloured dots
用彩色圆点描绘的标志。
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- such a mark written or printed as part of an i or j, as one of a series of marks to signify omission, or as a full stop（字母j或i上方的, 以及表示省略和结束的）点; 句号, 句点。
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- Music such a mark used to denote the lengthening of a note or rest by half, or to indicate staccato【乐】附点, 顿音记号。
1.3
- the shorter signal of the two used in Morse code.（莫尔斯电码使用的两个符号中表示短信号的）点。比较 DASH（义项3）。
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- used to refer to an object that appears tiny because it is far away（由于距离远而显得）微小的东西, 点状物：
the heath shrank figures to mere dots.
石南荒原使隐约可见的人影逐渐变成了小点。
1.5
- used to indicate the punctuation separating parts of an email or website address（电子信箱或网址中的）点：
OUP dot com. OUP.com.
(dotted, dotting)with obj.
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- mark with a small spot or spots在…上加点, 打点于：
wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt.
雨点开始在他的衬衫上留下斑斑点点的印记。
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- (of a number of items) be scattered over (an area)散布于, 星罗棋布于, （星星点点地）布满; 点缀：
churches dot the countryside
教堂零星散布在乡间
(be dotted) there appear to be a number of airfields dotted about.
那儿好像分布着一些机场。
1.2
- place a dot over (a letter)在（字母）上加点：
you need to dot the i.
你得在字母i上加一个点。
1.3
- Music mark (a note or rest) to show that the time value is increased by half【乐】给（音符）加附点：
as adj. dotted a dotted minim带附点的二分音符。
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- Brit. informal hit (someone)〈英, 非正式〉击打（某人）：
'You want to dot him one,' he said.
“你想狠狠打他一下,"他说。
短语
dot the i's and cross the t's
- informal ensure that all details are correct〈非正式〉一丝不苟, 重视细节。
on the dot
- informal exactly on time〈非正式〉准时地：
he arrived on the dot at nine o'clock.
他在九点钟准时到达。
the year dot
- Brit. informal a very long time ago〈英, 非正式〉很久以前：
that wallpaper has been there since the year dot.
那墙纸是很久以前贴的。
派生词
dotter
noun词源
Old English dott 'head of a boil'. The word is recorded only once in Old English, then not until the late 16th cent., when it is found in the sense 'a small lump or clot', perhaps influenced by Dutch dot 'a knot'. The sense 'small mark or spot' dates from the mid 17th cent.