dotting

英 [ˈdɒtɪŋ]

美 [ˈdɑːtɪŋ]

v.  在(字母上方、字母或单词旁边)加点; 星罗棋布于; 遍布; 布满; 点缀
dot的现在分词

复数：dottings　现在分词：dotting　

柯林斯词典

• 点;小点;小圆点
  Adotis 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 adot.
  1. 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 thingsdota place or an area, they are scattered or spread all over it.
  1. Small coastal towns dot the landscape.
     这一地区滨海小镇星罗棋布。
• See also:dottedpolka dots
• PHRASE 准时地;按指定时间
  If you arrive somewhere or do somethingon the dot, you arrive there or do it at exactly the time that you were supposed to.
  1. 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。
  2. At nine o' clock on the dot, they have breakfast.
     他们在 9 点钟准时吃早饭。
• (在耗时且无关紧要的事情上)一丝不苟，注重细节
  If you say that someonedotsthei's and crossesthet'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 dotis used to mean a very long time ago.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Then the drivers gathered in clusters near the dormitory gates. Shuttle buses waited to ferry them to bus terminals dotting the island, part of the dreary pre-dawn drill that ensures Singapore's commuters arrive punctually at work every day.
  之后，这些司机在宿舍门口成群结队地聚集，班车等着把他们送到遍布岛上的巴士终点站。正是黎明前的这种枯燥反复，保证了新加坡上班族每天能按时上班。
• One of scores dotting this desert kingdom, the clinic offers free advice, treatment and education to Jordanian women and their families.
  它是这个沙漠王国许多诊所中的一个，该诊所为约旦妇女和她们的家庭免费进行诊视、治疗和教育。
• Hoisting display screen is equipment designed for hoisting house driver and used for viewing the current signal state. It has such functions as upper and lower inlet dotting number display, dotting signal sending display and signal sending while driving.
  车房显示器是为绞车司机设计，用于观察当前信号状态的设备，具有上、下口打点次数显示、打点信号发出指示、开车信号发出等功能。
• You don't have to go to Greece to see the small islands dotting the Aegean Sea.
  你不必去希腊看分布在爱情海上的小岛。
• Theory and method of making capacitance-type rhythmic dotting timer
  电容式节拍打点计时器的制作原理及方法
• With your dotting tool make cute little white dots.
  用你点缀的工具做出可爱小白点。
• The effective dotting operation manner is that dotting in the lower inlet and then the same in upper inlet. By this, the system can send driving signal to the driver, or else the hoist house will not start.
  打点有效操作方式总是先由下口先打点，再由上口打同样的点数，系统才能发给绞车司机可以开车的信号，否则绞车开不起来。
• The teacher mentioned the matter without dotting the I but everyone present knew what he meant.
  老师并未明确指出那件事，但在场的每个人都知道他所指的是什么。
• A slot canyon scores the Arizona desert, just one of many dotting the state's border with Utah.
  峡谷照片美术馆。一个狭缝峡谷的亚利桑那沙漠，正好之一的许多点缀州的边界和犹他州。
• However, we will continue to see more and more uses of lighting as can be seen with colored skyscrapers dotting our landscapes and the addition of many more sockets around our homes.
  我们会继续看到越来越多用途的照明，可以看到彩色的摩天大楼点缀风景，也可以在我们的家里增加更多的插座。