jot的现在分词

1. a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
2. a slight but appreciable amount;

   "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
   

1. write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of

1.草草记下，匆匆写下（地址等）
If youjot something short such as an address somewhere, you write it down so that you will remember it.

jot

e.g. Could you justjot his name on there?
你能把他的名字先记在那上面吗？

2.一点儿；少量
If you say that there is nota jot or notone jot of something, you are emphasizing that there is not even a very small amount of it.

e.g. There is not ajot of evidence to say it does them any good...
没有丝毫的证据显示这对他们有任何好处。
e.g. It makes not onejot of difference.
这一点区别也没有。

3.（用于强调否定陈述）丝毫，一点儿
Expressions such asa jot ,one jot ,not a jot are used to emphasize negative statements.

e.g. It doesn't affect my judgement onejot...
这丝毫不会影响我的判断。
e.g. It matters not ajot.
这完全无关紧要。

• jot down(快速)写下来...
• not a jot一点也没有
• not a jot or little毫无
• not one jot or little毫无
• not care a jot毫不在乎

• She was not a jot more lucid than I was.

  出自：H. Jacobson

• Goodness me, you haven't changed one jot.

  出自：B. Neil

• I tend to mislay the notes I jot down as reminders.

  出自：G. Vidal

• I brandished the envelope..on which Douglas had jotted the address.

  出自：K. Waterhouse