单词 | jot |
释义 | jot From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishjotjot1 /dʒɒt $ dʒɑːt/ verb (jotted, jotting) → jot something ↔ down→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusjot• For now, let's begin by jotting down a few ideas for sequences to make a Christmas movie.• Before going into a meeting with some one, quickly jot down adjectives to describe the person.• My sketchbook is really filled with constructional details, jotted down before they are forgotten.• Do not jot down figures which have little basis in fact.• Then she jotted down some notes to remind her about the other items she wanted to discuss with Manion.• Begin by jotting down what you think they are, plus any thoughts this triggers off.• O'Reilly sat there while the officer jotted notes.• She gave him a few things, all invented, and watched as he jotted some notes in the ledger.jotjot2 noun → not a jotExamples from the Corpusjot• Nor cared a jot as long he tripped On his first day's duty how much he chipped.• It is 1962 now, but the Colony hasn't changed a jot.• It was at once apparent to Joan that, whatever changes of circumstance had taken place, he had changed not a jot.• Six out of 10 voters are still not buying and three weeks of slogging seem to have made not a jot of difference.• Legally this matters not a jot.• There was not a jot of humour in the man.• In some ways they know a whole jot, in other ways they know so little.Origin jot2 (1400-1500) Latin iota, jota; → IOTA |
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