| 释义 |
ˈsignpost, v.
Also sign-post.
[f. prec.]
trans. To direct or indicate by means of or in the manner of a sign-post; to equip or provide with sign-posts. Also fig. Hence ˈsignposted ppl. a., ˈsignposting ppl. a. and vbl. n.
1895A. A. Grace Maoriland Stories 105, I shall just sign-post 'em up to the station when they come. 1922W. J. Locke Tale of Triona xxiii. 265 The road undulated..with a steeply sloping drop of thirty feet to the valley. Such spots were grimly sign-posted for motorists. 1923Daily Mail 19 May 5 Where the road is not so good and badly needs proper signposting. Ibid. 21 May 4 Dartmoor is moderately well signposted. 1930Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 8 May 5 The R.A.C. propose only to signpost the main arteries. 1938Sun (Baltimore) 16 May 8/1 Even more marked improvements have been made. There are what are called ‘sign-posted’ reviews. 1946E. Linklater Private Angelo viii. 81 They had reconnoitred, by routes that camel-ribs signposted, the farthest Libyan oases. 1953X. Fielding Stronghold 57 A forbidden area metaphorically signposted ‘noli me tangere’. 1955Times 6 Jan. 6/1 They were also signposting a ring road for through traffic avoiding the central London area. 1961N. & Q. Nov. 440/1 There are textual notes at the foot of each page, ludicrously signposted by a system of expanding alphabetical cycles. 1971P. Gresswell Environment 104 Some councils are prepared to spend money on signposting. 1975J. B. Harley O.S. Maps p. xiii, A principal objective is to indicate what the map user is likely to find on a particular map series and..to signpost what is omitted. 1976Howard Jrnl. XV. i. 39 The different themes and possible groupings of the essays could perhaps have been signposted better to make the reader's task easier. 1978A. & G. Ritchie Anc. Monuments Orkney 22 This cairn is approached by a signposted path on the N side of the Trumland to Westness road. 1981Times 2 Sept. 21/1 It was as recently as June that the board [of Trusthouse Forte] reported on the six months to last April. This signposted a dreadful year for hotels. |