mentioned #3aftLHM-. The taxi showed up
on
the dot. T „
0 Breakfast is served at 8 on
the dot. * 8 — more at year
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verb (-tt-) [VN] 1 to put a dot above or next
to a letter or word £ ( ) M: Why
do
you never dot your Vs? i ±9n,£BJB?
2
[usually passive] to spread things or people over an area; to be spread over an
area JtA : The
countryside was dotted with small
villages.
^
69 /Js fa JEE o O Small
villages dot the countryside, /ft ft J$ £ W ^ ft f &
l^l o O There are lots of
Italian restaurants dotted around
iff o
3 ~ A on/over B | ~ B with A to put very small
amounts of sth in a number of places on a surface ft '$!; Ail: Dot the
cream all over your face. # $L ft ±9 Jfe M
dot-age /'d0utid3; NAmE 'dou-/ noun
iTTTTn be in your dotage to be old and not always able to think
clearly
¥£»
dot-com (also dot-com) /,dDt 'kDm; NAmE ,da:t 'ka:m/ noun
a company that sells goods and services on the Internet, especially one
whose address ends ‘.com’ ( ft .com (ft ) $]£&£•
^] : The
weaker dot-coms have collapsed. ^A&^69l^iH£^]#J$IT»
0 a dot-com millionaire —
j&Nifc&f] H M
dote /daut;
NAmE dout/ verb IJililM 'dote on/upon sb to feel and show great love for sb,
ignoring their faults iDM; He
dotes on his children. i&M
f&fatfi&Jrv O note at love
dot-ing /'dautiri; NAmE 'doutiq/ adj.
[only before noun] showing a lot of love for sb, often ignoring their faults
,dot 'matrix printer noun a machine that
prints letters, numbers, etc. formed from very small dots
nmn.
dotted /'dDtid; NAmE 'da:t-/ adj.
1 covered in dots ft ft! A 69 ; ffift (ft 2 [only before noun] (music
ef) (of a musical note ^ followed by a dot to show that it is one and a half
times the length of the same note without the dot 9nPf3A69
.dotted 'line noun a line made of dots A^;; :
Country boundaries are shown on this map as dotted
lines. &ftfegj± S#HIM^$5 ib
0 0 Fold along the
dotted line. J® ^ iff S 0 O Write your name
on the dotted line. £ tR ft M & ±0 —picture o line
ITST771 see sign v.
SYNONYMS
double♦dual
These adjectives are frequently used with
the following nouns.
double ~ dual ~
bed purpose
doors function
figures role
standards approach
thickness citizenship
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Dual describes something that has two parts, uses or aspects. * dual
ffi69*t!o
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Double can be used with a similar meaning, but when it is used to describe
something that has two parts, the two parts are usually the same or very
similar. * double HWM69M, te»&*«&69
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Double, but not dual, can describe something that is made for two people
or things, or is twice as big as usual.
double, AfB dual0
dotty /'dDti; NAmE 'da:ti/ adj. (dot-tier,
dot-ti-est) (<old-fashioned, BrE,
informal)
1 slightly crazy or silly >0*C *Rt#($i69; ¥$i69; I H33 eccentric 2 ~ about sb/sth having romantic
feelings for sb; being enthusiastic about sth Hjefc
double tH» /'dAbl/ adj., det., adv., noun, verb
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adj. [usually before noun]
►
TWICE AS MUCH/MANY jftffg 1 twice as much or as
many as usual W3S69; APflS69; a double helping — ^Af#69
o two double
whiskies WIFAfSH9jfe±^?i5
►
WITH TWO PARTS fife A 2 having or made of two
things or parts that are equal or similar A69; J5feA69;
69:
double doors AJUn 0 a double-page advertisement O ‘Otter’ is spelt with a double t. *
otter —-in] fMt t, o My extension is two four
double 0 (2400).
2400 0
►
FOR TWO PEOPLE ft AB made for two people
or things
69; AA69: a double bed/room A AJ^ / J^|h]
—
picture o bed — compare single
adj. (4)
►
COMBINING TWO THINGS AS 4 combining two things
or qualities A fi 69 : a double meaning/purpose/aim
AMJ£A/@69/0^ o It has the double advantage of being both easy and cheap.
'EJrWKA^A/®S69Afi ttA o
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det.
►
TWICE AS MUCH/MANY twice as much or as
many as Wfn69; Afpf69: His income is double hers. 3ffc69t]feAJk
0
He earns double what she does. ftfej^69^J^ M 69
W fp o O We need double the amount we already have,
• adv.
►
IN TWO PARTS fijfeA in twos or in two
parts AAi&; J5fe29 ftfe: I thought I was seeing double (=
seeing two of sth). %HI%76 0 Fold
the blanket double.
■?0 I had to bend
double to get under the table.
a noun
►
TWICE AS MUCH/MANY ^ fg
1
[U] twice the number or amount WH*; WfotJC; Wfgit: He gets paid double for
doing the same job I do. fi^|lcf®[|5l#69Xf^, ffijtiUSP
►
ALCOHOLIC DRINK 2 [C] a glass of strong
alco
holic drink containing
twice the usual amount — IT A {ft 69 ^ M : Two Scotches, please—and
make those doubles, will you? —— U^mft
69,
►
PERSON/THING A; ty]
3
[C] a person or thing that looks
exactly like another S§ {\f 69
A; Wl69 AM% ■ She’s the double of her mother. 4 [C]
an actor who replaces
another actor in a film/movie to do dangerous or other special things ( %^pfJ69
)
— see also body
double
►
BEDROOM Ehi; 5
[C]
= double room: Is that
a single or a double you want? fft^69Jik#-AJ^|iHi£Jl:AA^I0?
—
compare single n.(3)
►
IN SPORT $ ff ]£$} 6 doubles [U+sing./pl. v.] a game,
especially of tennis, in which one pair plays
another A£T ( ) : mixed doubles
(= in which each pair
consists of a man and a woman)
M A fl — compare single /i.(6) 7 the double [sing.] the fact of winning two important
competitions or beating the same player or team twice, in the same season or
year ( f£ |W]—
IT7T77I at the double (BrE) {NAmE on the 'double)
(,informal)
quickly; hurrying Mi; J|L ft jfe ; .double or
'quits (BrE) {NAmE .double or nothing) (in gambling If H$) a risk in which you
could win twice the amount you pay, or you could lose all your money H
m verb
►
BECOME TWICE AS MUCH/MANY tp >fg 1 to become, or
make sth become, twice as
much or as many ( f$> ) )JP fp; Ik • • • 69 Wfp: [V] Membership almost
doubled in two years. #0
0 [VN] Double all
the quantities in the
recipe to make enough for eight people.
jfiHit±69*TO9P-fgW^7VAfh#0
FOLD 2 [VN] ~ sth (over) to
bend or fold sth so that