dots

英 [dɒts]

美 [dɑːts]

n.  点; 小点; 小圆点; 点(用以分隔域名、统一资源地址、电子邮件地址的组成部分)
v.  在(字母上方、字母或单词旁边)加点; 星罗棋布于; 遍布; 布满; 点缀
dot的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 点;小点;小圆点
  Adotis 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 adot.
  1. 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 thingsdota place or an area, they are scattered or spread all over it.
  1. Small coastal towns dot the landscape.
     这一地区滨海小镇星罗棋布。
• See also:dottedpolka dots
• PHRASE 准时地;按指定时间
  If you arrive somewhere or do somethingon the dot, you arrive there or do it at exactly the time that you were supposed to.
  1. 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。
  2. At nine o' clock on the dot, they have breakfast.
     他们在 9 点钟准时吃早饭。
• (在耗时且无关紧要的事情上)一丝不苟，注重细节
  If you say that someonedotsthei's and crossesthet'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 dotis used to mean a very long time ago.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Stars resemble innumerable dots of lights in the night sky.
  夜空中，星星象无数的小亮点。
• To this thin film, they chemically linked quantum dots made of cadmium selenide for sensitization.
  他们把硒化镉制成的量子点用化学方式连接在了这种薄膜上，用于敏化。
• Asked the dot. You are dots, and you are here.
  点问，你们也是点，你们不也待在这里嘛。
• In this "night writing," he used a system of dots and dashes.
  在“夜书”中，他使用了一套圆孔和凹痕系统。
• Forming letters or characters from dots, as opposed to type.
  通过输出点来形成字母或字符，这和（统的）字相反。
• A point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals.
  一种点字体以凸起的点表示字母和数字的书写模式。
• There are dots of soot on the windowsill.
  窗台上有一点烟灰。
• Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols.
  历史学家一直被一些点，线和符号感到困惑不解。
• Control to display text as stars or dots.
  控件以将文本显示为星号或点。
• We make the dot size proportional to people's body size; so bigger dots are bigger people.
  圆点的大小和人的身形成正比。所以大的圆点代表身形大的人。