| 单词 | jot |
| 释义 | jot (once / 1783 pages) 1vn 2n When you jot something, you write it quickly. You might jot down a friend's email address on the back of your grocery list. It's most common to use the verb jot with down: "Hang on, let me jot down the appointment time." It's a good word to use when you're writing a brief note, a phone number, or a list — especially when you're doing it in a hurry. The earliest meaning of jot is "a tiny bit," which comes from the Latin word jota, an alternate spelling of the Greek iota, the smallest letter in the alphabet or the smallest amount of something. WORD FAMILYjot: jots, jotted, jotter, jotting+/jotter: jotters/jotting: jottings USAGE EXAMPLESAs soon as the person hears the beep, she jots notes about what was in her mind at that moment. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) One of the Americans, John Paton Davies Jr., jotted down his impressions of the city: New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) In between begging, Roughol sat in the local park jotting his recollections in notebooks, which he handed over to Debré to edit. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of Syn|Hyper jot down write communicate or express by writing 2n a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note 2Syn|Hyper jotting note a brief written record n a slight but appreciable amount Syn|Hypo|Hyper hint, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch snuff a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
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