"very small amount," 1630s, figurative use of iota, ninth and smallest letter in the Greek alphabet. Modern use is after Matt. v:18 (see jot), but iota in classical Greek also was proverbially used of anything very small. The letter name is from Semitic (compare Hebrew yodh).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Our credit standards haven't changed one iota.
我們的信貸標(biāo)準(zhǔn)一點(diǎn)都沒(méi)有變。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. There is not an iota of truth in his story.
他的故事沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)是真的.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. IOTA Trophy ( non - returnable ) presented by the IOTA Committee to the leading IOTA Island DXpedition station.