points
英 ['pɔɪnts] 美 ['pɔɪnts]

n.

（铁道的）道岔，转辙器；点( point的名词复数 )；要点；特点重点；

英英释义

point[ 英[pɒɪnts] 美[pɔints] ]

• n.
  • a geometric element that has position but no extension

    "a point is defined by its coordinates"

  • the precise location of something; a spatially limited location

    "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"

  • a brief version of the essential meaning of something

    "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point"

  • a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

    同义词：degreelevelstage

  • an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

    "a point of information"

    同义词：detailitem

  • an instant of time

    "at that point I had to leave"

    同义词：point in time

  • the object of an activity

    "what is the point of discussing it?"

  • a V shape

    "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"

    同义词：tippeak

  • a very small circular shape

    "a row of points"

    同义词：dot

  • the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest

    "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"

  • a promontory extending out into a large body of water

    "they sailed south around the point"

  • a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

    "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"

    同义词：item

  • a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
  • an outstanding characteristic

    "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"

    同义词：spot

  • sharp end

    "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"

  • any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass

    "he checked the point on his compass"

    同义词：compass point

  • a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
  • a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

    同义词：periodfull stopstopfull point

  • a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

    "the point of the arrow was due north"

    同义词：head

  • the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip

    同义词：pointedness

  • a distinguishing or individuating characteristic

    "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"

  • the gun muzzle's direction

    "he held me up at the point of a gun"

    同义词：gunpoint

  • a wall socket

    同义词：power point

  • a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs

    同义词：distributor pointbreaker point

• v.
  • indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

    "He pointed to the empty parking space"

    同义词：indicateshow

  • be oriented

    "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"

    同义词：orient

  • direct into a position for use

    "point a gun"

    同义词：chargelevel

  • direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

    同义词：steermaneuvermanoeuvermanoeuvredirectheadguidechannelizechannelise

  • be a signal for or a symptom of

    "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"

    同义词：bespeakbetokenindicatesignal

  • sail close to the wind

    同义词：luff

  • mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
  • mark with diacritics

    "point the letter"

  • mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
  • be positionable in a specified manner

    "The gun points with ease"

  • intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

    同义词：targetaimplacedirect

  • give a point to

    同义词：sharpentaper

  • repair the joints of bricks

    "point a chimney"

    同义词：repoint

词组短语

points of view观点；看法

set of points点集；道岔组

action points 行动点数（action point的复数）

connecting points连结点

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. You spend arena points on arena rewards.
   您可以用竞技场点数换取竞技场奖励。
2. We will cumulate and update the points for you.
   我们会对会员的积分进行及时累计、更新。
3. These two teams are level on points in the football league.
   足球联赛中，两队积分相同。

权威例句

Lowe, D.G.: Distinctive Image Features from Scale-Invariant Key-points. Int. J. Comput. Vision 60(2), 91-110
Cell death: critical control points.
Clustering by Passing Messages Between Data Points
The R*-tree: an efficient and robust access method for points and rectangles
Beckmann, N.: The r*-tree: an efficient and robust access method for points and rectangles. ACM SIGMOD Record 19(2), 322-331
The R*-tree: an efficient and robust access method for points and rectangles
A climbing image nudged elastic band method for finding saddle points and minimum energy paths
An evaluation of the end points of resuscitation
On Space-Time Interest Points
Design and End Points of Clinical Trials for Patients With Progressive Prostate Cancer and Castrate Levels of Testosterone: Recommen...