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单词 point dappui
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point d'appuin.

Brit. /ˌpwã daˈpwiː/, U.S. /ˌpwɑn(t) dɑˈpwi/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French point d'appui.
Etymology: < French point d'appui (1691; subsequently also in military contexts, and in figurative use) < point point n.1 + de de prep. + appui appui n.
A point of support, a fulcrum; (spec. Military) a point of strategic importance; frequently figurative.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > strong point or fortified position
bridgehead1760
point d'appui1787
strong point1789
high ground1869
beachhead1940
box1942
airhead1943
the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > point of support
fulciment1640
fulcrum1659
hypomochlion1665
bearing point1734
point d'appui1787
knife-edge1818
1787 I. Landmann tr. F. C. von Saldern Elements Tacticks ii. 88 The point d'appui, is that point, to which the wing of a battalion or corps of an army is fixed.
1819 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy I. iv. 241 The boatman, with his spoon-shaped paddle fixed against a jutting rock, for a point d'appui.
1833 Edinb. Rev. 56 383 She [sc. the Bank of England] is then, as it were, the point d'appui of the whole moneyed and commercial interests.
1876 C. M. Yonge Three Brides II. ii. 35 Raymond used to arm himself with the newspapers as the safest point d'appui.
1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 103 Gibraltar..furnished a perfect example of the value of sea power, combined with that ability to retain physical possession of a point d'appui.
1973 D. Aaron Unwritten War vii. xix. 294 This defense of the past was..a point d'appui for the Southern traditionalist.
1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 9 May 39/3 The more slender the point d'appui on which the fantasy-construct of words is raised, the more magnificent and self-sustaining is the effect created.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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