| 单词 | penpoint |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenpoint penpoint n. (a) the point or nib of a pen; (b) now rare literary effectiveness, clarity, focus, etc.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > pen > point of pen neb1574 nib1583 penpoint1805 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > incisiveness edgea1593 pointa1643 pointedness1693 penpoint1805 incisiveness1865 trenchancy1866 crispness1885 trenchantness1892 cutting edge1929 1805 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 10 Dec. (1997) II. 1168 Pd. Harrison for 2. pen points 2.D[ollars]. 1830 J. Clare Let. Mar. (1985) 504 Who can tell me where he is not or..from how many pen points he is at this moment dropping into his ambitions or humble extances. 1853 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Homes of New World 110 Do not thousands of little dwarfs stick up their heads and fight with pins or pen-points? 1902 Daily Chron. 27 Mar. 3/3 If one [plot]..were reclaimed, liquefied into words and given pen-point. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xvi. 209 He bought a dollar fountain-pen, which had..a rather scratchy pen-point. 2003 Press & Sun-Bull. (N.Y.) (Nexis) 20 Aug. 8A My penpoint would splay and ink would spray in every direction. < as lemmas |
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