dot

1. N-COUNT A dot is a very small round mark, for example, one that is used as the top part of the letter "i," as a period, or in the names of websites. 點(diǎn)

...a system of painting using small dots of colour. …一套運(yùn)用小色點(diǎn)作畫的方法。

2. V to mark or form with a dot 用小圓點(diǎn)標(biāo)記; 由點(diǎn)形成

to dot a letter

a dotted crotchet

3. N a woman's dowry 女人的嫁妝[civil law]

4. V-T When things dot a place or an area, they are scattered or spread all over it. 遍佈於

Small coastal towns dot the landscape. 海濱小鎮(zhèn)到処都是。

5. →see also dotted

6. PHRASE 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. 準(zhǔn)時(shí)地

They appeared on the dot of 9:50 p.m. as always. 他們同往常一樣在晚上9點(diǎn)50分準(zhǔn)時(shí)出現(xiàn)了。