单词 | point-device |
释义 | Definition of point-device in English:point-device(also point-devise) adverb ˌpɔɪntdɪˈvʌɪs archaic
adjective ˌpɔɪntdɪˈvʌɪs archaic
OriginLate Middle English (in an earlier sense). Apparently from point + device, at first in the phrase at point device, perhaps after Anglo-Norman en poynt devis, probably ‘on the appointed square (in the game of chess)’, in which devis apparently shows the adjective devis (either from classical Latin dīvīsum, past participle of dīvidere, or from Anglo-Norman and Old French deviser). Definition of point-device in US English:point-device(also point-devise) adverbˌpɔɪntdɪˈvʌɪs archaic
adjectiveˌpɔɪntdɪˈvʌɪs archaic
OriginLate Middle English (in an earlier sense). Apparently from point + device, at first in the phrase at point device, perhaps after Anglo-Norman en poynt devis, probably ‘on the appointed square (in the game of chess)’, in which devis apparently shows the adjective devis (either from classical Latin dīvīsum, past participle of dīvidere, or from Anglo-Norman and Old French deviser). |
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