| 单词 | point |
| 释义 | Word Frequency point(pɔɪnt) noun 1. a dot or tiny mark 2. a location, spot, or position 3. any dot or mark used in writing or printing, such as a decimal point or a full stop 4. short for vowel point 5. the sharp tapered end of a pin, knife, etc 6. a pin, needle, or other object having such a point 7. mathematics a. a geometric element having no dimensions and whose position in space is located by means of its coordinates b. a location point of inflection 8. a promontory, usually smaller than a cape 9. a specific condition or degree 10. a moment at that point I left the room 11. an important or fundamental reason, aim, etc the point of this exercise is to train new teachers 12. an essential element or thesis in an argument you've made your point I take your point 13. a suggestion or tip 14. a detail or item 15. an important or outstanding characteristic, physical attribute, etc he has his good points 16. a distinctive characteristic or quality of an animal, esp one used as a standard injudging livestock 17. (often plural) any of the extremities, such as the tail, ears, or feet, of a domestic animal 18. ballet (often plural) the tip of the toes 19. a single unit for measuring or counting, as in the scoring of a game 20. Australian Rules football an informal name for behind (sense 11) 21. printing a unit of measurement equal to one twelfth of a pica, or approximately 0.01384 inch. There are approximately 72 points to the inch 22. finance a. a unit of value used to quote security and commodity prices and their fluctuations b. a percentage unit sometimes payable by a borrower as a premium on a loan 23. nautical a. one of the 32 marks on the circumference of a compass card indicating direction b. the angle of 11°15′ between two adjacent marks c. a point on the horizon indicated by such a mark 24. cricket a. a fielding position at right angles to the batsman on the off side and relatively near the pitch b. a fielder in this position 25. any of the numbers cast in the first throw in craps with which one neither wins nor loses by throwing them: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 26. either of the two electrical contacts that make or break the current flow in the distributor of an internal-combustion engine 27. British (often plural) a junction of railway tracks in which a pair of rails can be moved so that a train can be directedonto either of two lines US and Canadian equivalent: switch28. (often plural) a piece of ribbon, cord, etc, with metal tags at the end: used during the 16th and 17th centuries to fasten clothing 29. backgammon a place or position on the board 30. British a. short for power point b. an informal name for socket (sense 2) 31. an aggressive position adopted in bayonet or sword drill 32. military the position at the head of a body of troops, or a person in this position 33. the position of the body of a pointer or setter when it discovers game 34. boxing a mark awarded for a scoring blow, knockdown, etc 35. any diacritic used in a writing system, esp in a phonetic transcription, to indicate modifications of vowels or consonants 36. jewellery a unit of weight equal to 0.01 carat 37. the act of pointing 38. ice hockey the position just inside the opponents' blue line 39. beside the point 40. case in point 41. in point of 42. make a point of 43. not to put too fine a point on it 44. on the point of 45. score points off 46. stretch a point 47. to the point 48. up to a point verb 49. (usually foll by at or to) to indicate the location or direction of by or as by extending (a finger or otherpointed object) towards it she pointed to the front door don't point that gun at me 50. (intr; usually foll by at or to) to indicate or identify a specific person or thing among several I pointed at the bottle I wanted all evidence pointed to Donald as the murderer 51. (transitive) to direct or cause to go or face in a specific direction or towards a place or goal point me in the right direction 52. (transitive) to sharpen or taper 53. (intransitive) (of gun dogs) to indicate the place where game is lying by standing rigidly with the muzzle turned in its direction 54. (transitive) to finish or repair the joints of (brickwork, masonry, etc) with mortar or cement 55. (transitive) music to mark (a psalm text) with vertical lines to indicate the points at which the music changes duringchanting 56. to steer (a sailing vessel) close to the wind or (of a sailing vessel) to sail close to thewind 57. (transitive) phonetics to provide (a letter or letters) with diacritics 58. (transitive) to provide (a Hebrew or similar text) with vowel points Word origin C13: from Old French: spot, from Latin punctum a point, from pungere to pierce; also influenced by Old French pointe pointed end, from Latin pungere |
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