a small round mark, especially one that is printed 點；小點；小圓點 There are dots above the letters i and j. 字母 i 和 j 上面都有一點。 Text and graphics are printed at 300 dots per inch. 文字和插圖按 300 點每英寸的精度打印。 The helicopters appeared as two black dots on the horizon. 直升機像兩個小黑點出現在地平線上。 The island is a small green dot on the map. 這個島在地圖上是一個小綠點。
Synonyms patchpatchTopics Languageb2- dot
- mark
- spot
- patch an area of something, especially one which is different from the area around it:
a white dog with a black patch on its head 頭上有一塊黑斑的白狗 patches of dense fog 團團濃霧
- dot a small round mark on something, especially one that is printed:
The letters ‘i’ and ‘j’ have dots over them. 字母 i 和 j 上面都有一點。 The island is a small green dot on the map. 這個島在地圖上是一個小綠點。
- mark an area of colour that is easy to notice on the body of a person or animal:
The horse had a white mark on its head. 這匹馬頭上有塊白斑。
- spot a small round area that is a different colour or feels different from the surface it is on:
Which has spots, a leopard or a tiger? 有斑點的是豹還是虎？
- a patch/dot/mark/spot on something
- with patches/dots/marks/spots
- a blue/black/red, etc. patch/dot/mark/spot
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computing 計算機 a symbol like a full stop used to separate parts of a domain name, a URL or an email address 點（用以分隔域名、統一資源地址、電子郵件地址的組成部分） the shorter of the two signals that are used in Morse code 點： 摩爾斯電碼中使用的兩個信號中的較短者Telegrams were sent using the complex dots and dashes of Morse code. 電報是用莫爾斯電碼的複雜點和破折號發送的。
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music 音樂 a small round mark that appears after a musical note to show that it should last for an extra half of its usual length, or above a musical note to show that it should be played staccato 點；小點；小圓點 A dot after a note lengthens its duration by half. 音符後的一個點會將其持續時間延長一半。 The dot above some notes means they are to be played staccato, the opposite of legato. 一些音符上面的點表示它們是斷奏，與連奏相反。
Word OriginOld English dott ‘head of a boil’. The word is recorded only once in Old English, then not until the late 16th cent., when it is found in the sense ‘a small lump or clot’, perhaps influenced by Dutch dot ‘a knot’. The sense ‘small mark or spot’ dates from the mid 17th cent.
Idioms
on the dot
the year dot (British English)
(North American English the year one)