dotting的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-COUNT點;小點;小圓點

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(因距離遠而看起來)似小點之物，點狀物

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.

  很快他們就成了地平線上的幾個小點了。

VERB散佈於;星羅棋佈於;遍佈

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

• Small coastal towns dot the landscape.

  這一地區濱海小鎮星羅棋佈。

PHRASE準時地;按指定時間

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...

  他們和往常一樣在晚上9點50分準時出現。

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

  他們在 9 點鐘準時吃早飯。

PHRASE(在耗時且無關緊要的事情上)一絲不苟，注重細節

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為一名辯護律師了。