point-to-pointadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpɔɪnt(t)əˈpɔɪnt/, U.S.

/ˌpɔɪn(t)təˈpɔɪnt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: point n.¹, to prep.

Etymology: < point n.¹ + to prep. + point n.¹

A. adj. (attributive).

a. Horse Racing. Designating a steeplechase or similar race, chiefly for horses used in hunting, whose course runs directly across country; of or relating to such a race.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [adjective] > types of race

well-run1601

unpaced1636

all-age1806

close-run1813

level1826

long distance1826

handicapped1828

neck and neck1828

timed1839

point-to-point1875

side by side1881

middle distance1886

paced1899

two-horse1976

1875 Times 13 Mar. 12/3 Tues., Point to Point Steeple-chase.

1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 236 The winner of the Quenby point-to-point chase.

1900 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Apr. 3 Major — conducted the point to point meetings.

1937 Life 12 Apr. 49/1 His horse, Two Pots, comes down at the last fence of a recent Oxford University point-to-point steeplechase.

1949 P. G. Wodehouse Mating Season xxiv. 209 Dobbs..to an eye like mine, trained in the watching of point-to-point races, had all the look of an also-ran.

1991 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Aug. (Our Maryland section) 50/1 The Maryland Hunt Cup is one of the nation's oldest and most grueling point-to-point horse races.

b. gen. Designating something which travels or runs directly from one point or place to another, or which travels from one point to the next in turn.

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the world > space > direction > [adjective] > straight or constant

directa1500

straightaway1874

point-to-point1930

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adjective]

forthrightc1000

rightOE

evenc1175

straightc1400

directa1500

right forth1561

outright1582

ungiddy1615

undeclined1638

forerighta1640

rectilinear1651

right-lined1702

rectilineala1774

arrow-straight1834

straightaway1874

point-to-point1930

1930 Telegr. & Teleph. Jrnl. 16 110/2 The State wireless services only undertake ‘Ship-to-shore’..and ‘Point-to-point’ internal traffic.

1945 Salt 10 Sept. 10 The point-to-point voyages of air transport.

1957 Pract. Wireless 33 520/1 The arrangement and layout of main components is illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, which also show partial point-to-point wiring.

1967 M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World iv. 117 These pores..make it possible for charged ions to carry a current over a comparatively easy point-to-point route through it [sc. the insulator].

2004 National Business Rev. (N.Z.) (Nexis) 30 July 48 Passengers..going for non-stop point-to-point journeys to avoid less-convenient plane-changes.

2. Having or forming a correspondence between the points or elements of two sets or objects; such that each pair of points, items, etc., is matched up. Hence: complete in every particular or respect.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > straightforward or direct

naked?c1225

platc1385

plaina1393

light?a1400

rounda1450

direct1530

frank1548

evena1573

handsmooth1612

point-blank1648

crude1650

plain-spoken1658

plain-spoke1706

unambiguous1751

plump1789

straightforward1806

plain-said1867

pine-blank1883

straight1894

point-to-point1905

non-ambiguous1924

Wife of Bath1926

simpliste1973

1905 Daily Chron. 15 July 4/3 Random assertions are at once challenged and point-to-point question and answer are sometimes insisted upon.

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! v. 326 A book that..has purposely avoided a point-to-point analysis of individual works.

1949 R. K. Merton Social Theory xiv. 330 Discussions of the why and wherefore of science bore a point-to-point correlation with the Puritan teachings.

1994 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Jan. 5/2 The early neurologists supposed point-to-point connections in the brain—between the receptors (the rods and cones in the eye) and the ‘sensorium’.

B. n.

Horse Racing. A point-to-point race.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race

wild-goose race1594

wild goose chase1597

bell-course1607

Palio1673

stake1696

paddock course1705

handicap1751

by-match1759

pony race1765

give and take plate1769

sweepstake1773

steeplechase1793

mile-heat1802

steeple race1809

welter1820

trotting-race1822

scurry1824

walkover1829

steeple hunt1831

set-to1840

sky race1840

flat race1848

trot1856

grind1857

feeler1858

nursery1860

waiting race1868

horse-trot1882

selling plate1888

flying milea1893

chase1894

flying handicap1894

prep1894

selling race1898

point-to-point1902

seller1922

shoo-in1928

daily double1930

bumper1946

selling chase1965

tiercé1981

1902 Times 5 Apr. 5/1 Hereford, North.—M[onday], Point-to-Point at England's-gate.

1920 Isis 10 Mar. 2/2 No one..would go to a Point-to-point without a hat.

1934 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Mar. 3/2 The running of the Maryland Hunt Cup Point-to-Point.

2001 Daily Tel. 17 Jan. 4/7 At present every horse that runs in a point to point has to have a certificate from the local huntmaster to say that it has been regularly and fairly hunted during the current season.

Derivatives

ˌpoint-to-ˈpointer n. a horse or rider participating in a point-to-point race.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > in specific kind of race

plate horse1740

flat1811

mile-horse1829

steeplechaser1839

plater1859

all-ages1864

trace-mate1880

chaser1884

flat-racer1886

handicapper1890

miler1894

point-to-pointer1929

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > people involved in horse racing > [noun] > rider > types of

feather1760

lightweight1773

welter1804

steeple hunter1830

a bad waster1833

steeplechaser1837

heavyweight1857

stoner1862

roper1870

point-to-pointer1929

jumping jockey1947

jump jockey1970

1929 Times 21 Jan. 4/1 Billy Barton always seems to me to be a very nice point-to-pointer.

1979 Guardian 31 Aug. 10/1 The point-to-pointer interviewed thought it all very subtle.

1993 Racing Post 20 Feb. 36/4 Chergo represents the Teaplanter connections and was the winningmost point-to-pointer in Ireland last year.

ˌpoint-to-ˈpointing n. point-to-point racing.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing

steeple-hunting1772

quarter-racing1779

roading1787

pony racing1809

steeplechasing1816

steeple running1818

steeple racing1840

horse-trotting1857

plating1865

trotting1883

chasing1886

flat-racing1886

harness racing1901

flapping1911

flapper1928

point-to-pointing1952

pointing1976

1952 F. A. Brown Sport from Within v. 177 It might be as well to confine hunters to Point-to-Pointing for the future, instead of encouraging race-horses to masquerade as hunters at race meetings.

2001 Times 22 Jan. i. 17/4 Hunting is a prerequisite to point-to-pointing, which is the stepping stone to successful steeplechasing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	point-to-point
释义	point-to-pointadj.n. Brit. /ˌpɔɪnt(t)əˈpɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˌpɔɪn(t)təˈpɔɪnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: point n.¹, to prep. Etymology: < point n.¹ + to prep. + point n.¹ A. adj. (attributive). 1. a. Horse Racing. Designating a steeplechase or similar race, chiefly for horses used in hunting, whose course runs directly across country; of or relating to such a race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [adjective] > types of race well-run1601 unpaced1636 all-age1806 close-run1813 level1826 long distance1826 handicapped1828 neck and neck1828 timed1839 point-to-point1875 side by side1881 middle distance1886 paced1899 two-horse1976 1875 Times 13 Mar. 12/3 Tues., Point to Point Steeple-chase. 1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 236 The winner of the Quenby point-to-point chase. 1900 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Apr. 3 Major — conducted the point to point meetings. 1937 Life 12 Apr. 49/1 His horse, Two Pots, comes down at the last fence of a recent Oxford University point-to-point steeplechase. 1949 P. G. Wodehouse Mating Season xxiv. 209 Dobbs..to an eye like mine, trained in the watching of point-to-point races, had all the look of an also-ran. 1991 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Aug. (Our Maryland section) 50/1 The Maryland Hunt Cup is one of the nation's oldest and most grueling point-to-point horse races. b. gen. Designating something which travels or runs directly from one point or place to another, or which travels from one point to the next in turn. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > straight or constant directa1500 straightaway1874 point-to-point1930 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adjective] forthrightc1000 rightOE evenc1175 straightc1400 directa1500 right forth1561 outright1582 ungiddy1615 undeclined1638 forerighta1640 rectilinear1651 right-lined1702 rectilineala1774 arrow-straight1834 straightaway1874 point-to-point1930 1930 Telegr. & Teleph. Jrnl. 16 110/2 The State wireless services only undertake ‘Ship-to-shore’..and ‘Point-to-point’ internal traffic. 1945 Salt 10 Sept. 10 The point-to-point voyages of air transport. 1957 Pract. Wireless 33 520/1 The arrangement and layout of main components is illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, which also show partial point-to-point wiring. 1967 M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World iv. 117 These pores..make it possible for charged ions to carry a current over a comparatively easy point-to-point route through it [sc. the insulator]. 2004 National Business Rev. (N.Z.) (Nexis) 30 July 48 Passengers..going for non-stop point-to-point journeys to avoid less-convenient plane-changes. 2. Having or forming a correspondence between the points or elements of two sets or objects; such that each pair of points, items, etc., is matched up. Hence: complete in every particular or respect. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > straightforward or direct naked?c1225 platc1385 plaina1393 light?a1400 rounda1450 direct1530 frank1548 evena1573 handsmooth1612 point-blank1648 crude1650 plain-spoken1658 plain-spoke1706 unambiguous1751 plump1789 straightforward1806 plain-said1867 pine-blank1883 straight1894 point-to-point1905 non-ambiguous1924 Wife of Bath1926 simpliste1973 1905 Daily Chron. 15 July 4/3 Random assertions are at once challenged and point-to-point question and answer are sometimes insisted upon. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! v. 326 A book that..has purposely avoided a point-to-point analysis of individual works. 1949 R. K. Merton Social Theory xiv. 330 Discussions of the why and wherefore of science bore a point-to-point correlation with the Puritan teachings. 1994 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Jan. 5/2 The early neurologists supposed point-to-point connections in the brain—between the receptors (the rods and cones in the eye) and the ‘sensorium’. B. n. Horse Racing. A point-to-point race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 bell-course1607 Palio1673 stake1696 paddock course1705 handicap1751 by-match1759 pony race1765 give and take plate1769 sweepstake1773 steeplechase1793 mile-heat1802 steeple race1809 welter1820 trotting-race1822 scurry1824 walkover1829 steeple hunt1831 set-to1840 sky race1840 flat race1848 trot1856 grind1857 feeler1858 nursery1860 waiting race1868 horse-trot1882 selling plate1888 flying milea1893 chase1894 flying handicap1894 prep1894 selling race1898 point-to-point1902 seller1922 shoo-in1928 daily double1930 bumper1946 selling chase1965 tiercé1981 1902 Times 5 Apr. 5/1 Hereford, North.—M[onday], Point-to-Point at England's-gate. 1920 Isis 10 Mar. 2/2 No one..would go to a Point-to-point without a hat. 1934 Sun (Baltimore) 30 Mar. 3/2 The running of the Maryland Hunt Cup Point-to-Point. 2001 Daily Tel. 17 Jan. 4/7 At present every horse that runs in a point to point has to have a certificate from the local huntmaster to say that it has been regularly and fairly hunted during the current season. Derivatives ˌpoint-to-ˈpointer n. a horse or rider participating in a point-to-point race. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > in specific kind of race plate horse1740 flat1811 mile-horse1829 steeplechaser1839 plater1859 all-ages1864 trace-mate1880 chaser1884 flat-racer1886 handicapper1890 miler1894 point-to-pointer1929 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > people involved in horse racing > [noun] > rider > types of feather1760 lightweight1773 welter1804 steeple hunter1830 a bad waster1833 steeplechaser1837 heavyweight1857 stoner1862 roper1870 point-to-pointer1929 jumping jockey1947 jump jockey1970 1929 Times 21 Jan. 4/1 Billy Barton always seems to me to be a very nice point-to-pointer. 1979 Guardian 31 Aug. 10/1 The point-to-pointer interviewed thought it all very subtle. 1993 Racing Post 20 Feb. 36/4 Chergo represents the Teaplanter connections and was the winningmost point-to-pointer in Ireland last year. ˌpoint-to-ˈpointing n. point-to-point racing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing steeple-hunting1772 quarter-racing1779 roading1787 pony racing1809 steeplechasing1816 steeple running1818 steeple racing1840 horse-trotting1857 plating1865 trotting1883 chasing1886 flat-racing1886 harness racing1901 flapping1911 flapper1928 point-to-pointing1952 pointing1976 1952 F. A. Brown Sport from Within v. 177 It might be as well to confine hunters to Point-to-Pointing for the future, instead of encouraging race-horses to masquerade as hunters at race meetings. 2001 Times 22 Jan. i. 17/4 Hunting is a prerequisite to point-to-pointing, which is the stepping stone to successful steeplechasing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1875
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