dot-com

noun
🔊/ˌdɒt ˈkɒm/
🔊/ˌdɑːt ˈkɑːm/
(also dotcom)
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  1. a company that sells goods and services on the internet, especially one whose address ends ‘.com’(尤指网址末尾为 .com 的)网络公司
    • The weaker dot-coms collapsed.实力较弱的网络公司倒闭了。
    • a dot-com millionaire一位网络公司富翁
    Topics Phones, email and the internetc2, Shoppingc2
    Word Origin1990s: from ‘.com’ in an internet address, indicating a commercial site.