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

• 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。
• Specifies that dots per inch information is stored in the image.
  指定在图像中存储每英寸点数信息。
• There are dots of soot on the windowsill.
  窗台上有一点烟灰。
• There are dots of soot on the windowsill. His feet found the window-ledge.
  窗台上有一点烟灰。他的双脚触到了窗台。
• 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。
• What can you do with ten black dots?
  你可以做什么十个黑点？
• Imagine a small latex bead filled with a combination of quantum dots.
  试著想像有个小型的乳胶珠粒，里头携带了几种量子点。
• The image is then stored on the computer hard disk as a vast array of black or white dots.
  这幅图像当时就以大量黑点或白点排列的形式被存入电脑硬盘。
• The red dots have extended to his stomach.
  红点已经扩展到它的肚皮上了。
• USA can be written with dots or without.
  写usa时，可以加点，也可以不加。