| 单词 | punctual |
| 释义 | punctual[ puhngk-choo-uhl ] / ˈpʌŋk tʃu əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR punctual ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivestrictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt. made, occurring, etc., at the scheduled or proper time: punctual payment. pertaining to or of the nature of a point. punctilious. Origin of punctual1350–1400; Middle English <Medieval Latin pūnctuālis of a point, equivalent to Latin pūnctu(s) a point, a pricking (pung(ere) to prick + -tus suffix of v. action) + -ālis-al1; see pungent OTHER WORDS FROM punctualWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH punctualpunctilious, punctualWords nearby punctualpunctatim, punctation, punctiform, punctilio, punctilious, punctual, punctuality, punctuate, punctuated equilibrium, punctuation, punctuationalism Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for punctualBritish Dictionary definitions for punctualpunctual / (ˈpʌŋktjʊəl) / adjectivearriving or taking place at an arranged time; prompt (of a person) having the characteristic of always keeping to arranged times, as for appointments, meetings, etc obsolete precise; exact; apposite maths consisting of or confined to a point in space Derived forms of punctualpunctuality, nounpunctually, adverbWord Origin for punctualC14: from Medieval Latin punctuālis concerning detail, from Latin punctum point Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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