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

• 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。
• That process of resettlement can take a decade or more, and in the meantime, many refugees and asylum-seekers live in squalid shacks dotting the city's periphery.
  这一重新安置过程可能耗时10年或更长时间。与此同时，许多难民和寻求避难的人都住在分散于香港周边的简陋棚屋中。
• The bird resources of Youxi County were surveyed by using the method of mechanical dotting, plot sampling and line transects.
  在福建省尤溪县采用机械布点、网格取样、逐格调查的方法以县为总体进行了鸟类资源调查。
• 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。
• Last year the Mayor of London had the honour of dotting the eyes of the Welded Wire Mesh Panel – symbolizing the waking of the mystical beast to mark the New Year.
  去年，伦敦市长有幸为舞龙点睛&象征神兽的亿万富翁，标志着新年的到来。
• 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。
• Inclined lower operation desk is an operation setting of lower inlet signal and is used for lower inlet dotting and signal display.
  斜巷下口操作台为下口信号操作装置，用于下口打点和信号显示。
• 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
• From Chinese rural area dotting of heatable brick beds to the metropolis cities full of cement forestry, no exception, daily lives are all monotony and repetition.
  无论热炕灶台的中国农村，还是层层密集的都市丛林，日常生活无一例外的单调重复。
• But then Mr Prahalad's core competence lay in big ideas rather than in dotting the "I" s and crossing the "t" s.
  不过，普拉哈拉德的核心竞争力在于宏大思想，而不在于亲力亲为。