dotting的中文翻译是什么意思

N-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.

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 a dot .

• 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 things dot a place or an area, they are scattered or spread all over it.

• Small coastal towns dot the landscape.

  这一地区滨海小镇星罗棋布。

PHRASE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.

• 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。

• At nine o' clock on the dot, they have breakfast.

  他们在 9 点钟准时吃早饭。

PHRASE(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.

PHRASE很久以前

The year dot is used to mean a very long time ago.

• 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。