单词 | point de repère |
释义 | point de repèren. A point of reference. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > real object seen in hallucination point de repère1881 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] > accompanied by real object point de repère1881 1881 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 10 161 The ‘points de repère’, for these measurements, both length and width, are rather indefinite. 1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. xvi. 288 You give me a point de repère outside myself—which is where I like it. Now I can work round you. 1937 Burlington Mag. Apr. 192/2 This picture..will now take its place as the point de repère for the identification of this painter's individual style. 1992 J. Hamilton-Paterson Seven-tenths i. i. 6 The business of orientation on the blank and shifting waters of the open sea, of establishing a fixed point de repère which is not a landmark, is central..to navigation. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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