Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense jots, present participle jotting, past tense, past participle jotted
1VERB 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. 草草记下,匆匆写下(地址等)
Could you just jot his name on there? [VERB noun prep./adv.]
你能把他的名字先记在那上面吗?
Jot down means the same as jot .jot down同jot
Keep a pad handy to jot down queries as they occur.
手边放一本便笺簿,以便有问题时随时记下。
Listen carefully to the instructions and jot them down.
仔细听指示,并记录下来。
2QUANT 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. 一点儿;少量 [old-fashioned, emphasis]
There is not a jot of evidence to say it does them any good. [+ of]
没有丝毫的证据显示这对他们有任何好处。
It makes not one jot of difference. [+ of]
这一点区别也没有。
3PHRASE [with brd-neg, PHRASE after verb](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. (用于强调否定陈述)丝毫,一点儿 [old-fashioned, emphasis]