dot /dɒt/ CET4 TEM4 ( dotting, dotted, dots )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A dot is a very small round mark, for example, one that is used as the top part of the letter "i," as a period, or in the names of websites. 点

  例：

  ...a system of painting using small dots of colour.

  …一套运用小色点作画的方法。

• 2. 

  V to mark or form with a dot 用小圆点标记; 由点形成

  例：

  to dot a letter

  例：

  a dotted crotchet

• 3. 

  N a woman's dowry 女人的嫁妆 [civil law]

• 4. 

  V-T When things dot a place or an area, they are scattered or spread all over it. 遍布于

  例：

  Small coastal towns dot the landscape.

  海滨小镇到处都是。

• 5. 

  → see also dotted

• 6. 

  PHRASE 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. 准时地

  例：

  They appeared on the dot of 9:50 p.m. as always.

  他们同往常一样在晚上9点50分准时出现了。