单词 | dot, dot, dot |
释义 | > as lemmasdot, dot, dot P4. dot, dot, dot: used (esp. in speech and representations of speech) to indicate something such as omission or ellipsis of some words or text, a pause or break in a sentence, etc., which is typically represented in writing by a sequence of three dots; see sense A. 5b. ΚΠ 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Feb. 5/1 The true letter-reader will never endure to be scanted of the smallest P.S... We are luxuriously eavesdropping while Swift in his night-gown and slippers babbles his ‘little language’ to Stella, and when he abruptly breaks off a dot, dot, dot, we have a sensation of sudden deafness. 1958 N.Y. Times 7 Aug. 23/3 I can't do this to her, dot, dot, dot, now! 2017 C. Wang Takedown lxii. 275 Fawn and Sharma swore they weren't leaving because they were mad or were choosing sides, but, well, dot-dot-dot. < as lemmas |
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