pointing 音标拼音: [p'ɔɪntɪŋ]
指示,指向
指示,指向
pointing 指点
Point \
Point \ (
point ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Pointed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Pointing }.] [
Cf .
F .
pointer .
See {
Point },
n .]
1 .
To give a point to ;
to sharpen ;
to cut ,
forge ,
grind ,
or file to an acute end ;
as ,
to point a dart ,
or a pencil .
Used also figuratively ;
as ,
to point a moral .
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2 .
To direct toward an abject ;
to aim ;
as ,
to point a gun at a wolf ,
or a cannon at a fort .
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3 .
Hence ,
to direct the attention or notice of .
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Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva ,
and pointed to every scene of them . --
Pope .
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4 .
To supply with punctuation marks ;
to punctuate ;
as ,
to point a composition .
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5 .
To mark (
a text ,
as in Arabic or Hebrew )
with {
vowel points }; --
also called {
vocalize }.
Syn :
vocalize . [
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6 .
To give particular prominence to ;
to designate in a special manner ;
to indicate ,
as if by pointing ;
as ,
the error was pointed out . --
Pope .
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He points it ,
however ,
by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech . --
Dickens .
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7 .
To indicate or discover by a fixed look ,
as game .
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8 . (
Masonry )
To fill up and finish the joints of (
a wall ),
by introducing additional cement or mortar ,
and bringing it to a smooth surface .
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9 . (
Stone Cutting )
To cut ,
as a surface ,
with a pointed tool .
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{
To point a rope } (
Naut .),
to taper and neatly finish off the end by interweaving the nettles .
{
To point a sail } (
Naut .),
to affix points through the eyelet holes of the reefs .
{
To point off },
to divide into periods or groups ,
or to separate ,
by pointing ,
as figures .
{
To point the yards } (
of a vessel ) (
Naut .),
to brace them so that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely . --
Totten .
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Pointing \
Point "
ing \,
n .
1 .
The act of sharpening .
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2 .
The act of designating ,
as a position or direction ,
by means of something pointed ,
as a finger or a rod .
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3 .
The act or art of punctuating ;
punctuation .
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4 .
The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar ,
cement ,
etc .;
also ,
the material so used .
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5 .
The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling .
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6 . (
Sculpt .)
The act or process of measuring ,
at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble ,
the surface of a future piece of statuary ;
also ,
a process used in cutting the statue from the artist '
s model .
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