单词 | from the dot of |
释义 | > as lemmasfrom the dot of c. In prepositional phrases with of (a time), as at the dot of, from the dot of, on the dot of, etc.: at, from, etc., the exact time specified. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > punctuality > [adverb] punctually1652 critically1655 sharp1840 on time1854 prompt1869 on the dot1875 dot1894 prepunctually1894 on or to the tick1902 1894 Youth's Compan. 21 June 287/1 On the dot of twelve No. 27 came roaring through the cut. 1914 Harper's Monthly Mag. Dec. 216/1 If you are here at the dot of nine you will see a light hydroplane. 1923 H. Crane Let. 21 June (1965) 137 From the dot of five till two in the morning. 1977 J. Lees-Milne Diary 2 Aug. in Through Wood & Dale (2001) 177 Meals are on the dot of nine for breakfast and eight for dinner. You are expected to be assembled promptly. 2009 J. Fluke Plum Pudding Murder (2010) iii. 25 The information was dispensed fast and heavy with no break for questions until the dot of seven twenty-five. < as lemmas |
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