Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense dots, present participle dotting, past tense, past participle dotted
1N-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. 点;小点;小圆点
2N-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 . (因距离远而看起来)似小点之物,点状物
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。
3VERB 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. 散布于;星罗棋布于;遍布
Small coastal towns dot the landscape. [VERB noun]
5PHRASE 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. 准时地;按指定时间
6PHRASE (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. (在耗时且无关紧要的事情上)一丝不苟,注重细节
7PHRASE 很久以前The year dot is used to mean a very long time ago. 很久以前 [British, informal]
You've wanted to be a barrister since the year dot.