jot
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++jot1 /dʒɒt $ dʒɑːt/ verb (jotted, jotting) 1 jot something ↔ down phrasal verb WRITEto write a short piece of information quickly 草草记下 Let me jot down your number and I’ll call you tomorrow. 让我记下你的号码，明天给你打电话。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
jot• For now, let's begin by jotting down a few ideas for sequences to make a Christmas movie.• Before going into a meeting with some one, quickly jot down adjectives to describe the person.• My sketchbook is really filled with constructional details, jotted down before they are forgotten.• Do not jot down figures which have little basis in fact.• Then she jotted down some notes to remind her about the other items she wanted to discuss with Manion.• Begin by jotting down what you think they are, plus any thoughts this triggers off.• O'Reilly sat there while the officer jotted notes.• She gave him a few things, all invented, and watched as he jotted some notes in the ledger.jot2 noun 1 not a jot old-fashionedNOT not at all or none at all 一点也不，一点也没有 There was not a jot of humour in the man. 这人没有一点幽默感。Examples from the Corpus
jot• Nor cared a jot as long he tripped On his first day's duty how much he chipped.• It is 1962 now, but the Colony hasn't changed a jot.• It was at once apparent to Joan that, whatever changes of circumstance had taken place, he had changed not a jot.• Six out of 10 voters are still not buying and three weeks of slogging seem to have made not a jot of difference.• Legally this matters not a jot.• There was not a jot of humour in the man.• In some ways they know a whole jot, in other ways they know so little.Origin jot2 (1400-1500) Latin iota, jota; → IOTAshort of information write to Corpus a piece
jot
jot1 /dʒɒt $ dʒɑːt/ 
verb (past tense and past participle jotted, present participle jotting)
jot something ↔ down phrasal verb
to write a short piece of information quickly:
Let me jot down your number and I’ll call you tomorrow.
jot2 nounnot a jot old-fashioned not at all or none at all:
There was not a jot of humour in the man.
| I |
verb (past tense and past participle jotted, present participle jotting)jot something ↔ down phrasal verb
to write a short piece of information quickly:
| II |
nounnot a jot old-fashioned not at all or none at all: 
