tot

noun

/tɒt/

/tɑːt/

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(informal) a very young child幼兒
- TV programmes for tiny tots給小孩子看的電視節目
Topics Life stagesc2
(especially British English) a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink in a glass小杯烈酒
- a tot of whisky一杯威士忌

Word Originnoun early 18th cent. (originally dialect): of unknown origin.

verb

/tɒt/

/tɑːt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they tot	/tɒt/ /tɑːt/
he / she / it tots	/tɒts/ /tɑːts/
past simple totted	/ˈtɒtɪd/ /ˈtɑːtɪd/
past participle totted	/ˈtɒtɪd/ /ˈtɑːtɪd/
-ing form totting	/ˈtɒtɪŋ/ /ˈtɑːtɪŋ/

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Word Originverb mid 18th cent.: from archaic tot ‘set of figures to be added up’, abbreviation of total or of Latin totum ‘the whole’.