tittle

n. 小符号, 微量, 一点点, 小点

发音

UK /ˈtɪt.əl/
AU
US /ˈtɪt.əl/

词形变化

tittles 复数 tittles tittled tittles 三单 tittling tittling 现在分词 tittled 过去式 tittled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or of a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j.

    媒体 印刷

    The foure pricks or tittles are these. The first is a full prick or period. The second is a comma or crooked tittle.

    (the page calls both "a superscript sign (hooklike)" and also a diacritical abbreviation of "er" (er) "tittles")

  2. 2.

    A small, insignificant amount (of something); a modicum or speck.

    引申义
v.
  1. 1.

    To chatter.

    苏格兰

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

shred whit iota smidge scintilla smidgen smidgeon smidgin

相关短语

to a tittle 丝毫不差地 jot and tittle 一笔一画

词源

From Middle English tytle, titel, titele, from Anglo-Norman titil, titule and Medieval Latin titulus (“small stroke, diacritical mark, accent”), from Latin titulus (“title”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, title, titlo, and titulus.

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