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復(fù)數(shù):?dots;第三人稱單數(shù):?dots;過去式:?dotted;過去分詞:?dotted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?dotting;

dot 點(diǎn)

詞源不詳。

dot: dot: [OE] The underlying meaning of dot seems to be ‘small lump or raised mark’. In Old English (in which there is only a single record of its use) it meant ‘head of a boil’, and it could well be related to English tit ‘nipple’. The word disappears from written texts between the 11th and the 16th centuries, and resurfaces in the sense ‘small lump’. The modern meaning ‘small roundish mark’ does not appear until the 17th century. Dottle ‘unburnt tobacco in the bottom of a pipe’ [15] is a diminutive form of dot.
=> dottle, tit
dot (n.): Old English dott "speck, head of a boil," perhaps related to Norwegian dot "lump, small knot," Dutch dot "knot, small bunch, wisp," Old High German tutta "nipple;" ultimate origin unclear.

Known from a single source c. 1000; the word reappeared with modern meaning "mark" c. 1530; not common until 18c. Morse telegraph sense is from 1838. On the dot "punctual" is 1909, in reference to a clock dial face. Dot-matrix first attested 1975.
dot (v.): 1740, from dot (n.). Related: Dotted; dotting.

1. He started for Dot's bedroom and Myrtle held him back.: 他正要去多特的臥室，被默特爾攔住了。

2. "For heaven's sake!" Dot expostulated. "They're cheap and they're useful.": “拜托！”多特反駁道，“它們又便宜又管用。”

3. You've wanted to be a barrister since the year dot.: 很久以前你就一直想成為一名辯護(hù)律師了。

4. They appeared on the dot of 9.50 pm as always.: 他們和往常一樣在晚上9點(diǎn)50分準(zhǔn)時(shí)出現(xiàn)。

5. In 1999, dot-coms spent more than $1 billion on TV spots.: 1999年，網(wǎng)絡(luò)公司在電視廣告上投入了超過10億美元。