单词详解 | jot

jot
音标
美音:/dʒɑːt/,英音:/dʒɒt/

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
The difference is that Leipzig won’t care a jot about the ones they didn’t convert.
不同之处在于莱比锡不会关心那些他们没有转换的人。
BBC

“Hopefully I’m going to jot it all down and one day bring it to the stage.”
“希望我能把这一切记下来,有一天把它带到舞台上。”
BBC

He said his agent suggested he began writing for children and the idea for his first novel had been “an idea jotted in my notebook almost 18 years earlier, but I hadn’t realised its worth”.
他说,他的经纪人建议他开始为儿童写作,而他的第一部小说的想法是“大约 18 年前就写在我笔记本上的想法,但我没有意识到它的价值”。
BBC

基本释意
verb
write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of
vt. 略记;摘要记载下来

同义词
jot down,jotting,hint,mite,pinch,soupcon,speck,tinge,touch,trifle

短释义
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.
当你记下一些东西时,你会写得很快。您可以在购物清单的背面记下朋友的电子邮件地址。

长释义
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.
最常见的是与 down 一起使用动词 jot:“等一下,让我记下约会时间。”当你写简短的便条、电话号码或列表时,这是一个很好的词——尤其是当你匆忙做的时候。 jot 最早的含义是“一点点”,它来自拉丁语单词 jota,是希腊语 iota 的另一种拼写,字母表中最小的字母或某物的最小量。

文学例句
Lee jots a quick note intended for Grant and hands it to a Confederate soldier, who gallops toward the Union lines under a white flag.
李写了一张写给格兰特的简短便条,并将其交给一名南部邦联士兵,后者在白旗下疾驰向联邦防线。
Lincoln’s Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O’Reilly

After weighing Mama’s sack the contratista jotted in a notebook ninety pounds after our last name, which he asked Roberto to spell.
在给妈妈的袋子称重后,对比师在笔记本上写下了我们的姓氏九十磅,他要求罗伯托拼写这个名字。
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jiménez

He jotted these down in his notebook beneath his abandoned Caravaggio notes.
他把这些记在笔记本上他废弃的卡拉瓦乔笔记下面。
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

词源
jot (n.)”the least part of anything,” 1520s, from Latin iota, from Greek iota “the letter -i-,” the smallest letter in the Greek alphabet, also “the least part of anything” (see iota). Usually (and originally) with tittle, from Matthew v.18.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
jot (n.)“任何事物的最小部分”,1520 年代,源自拉丁语 iota,源自希腊语 iota “字母 -i-”,希腊字母表中最小的字母,也是“任何事物的最小部分”(参见 iota) 。通常(最初)带有标题,来自马太福音第 18 节。相关条目及更多


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