| 单词 | to point the way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto point the way b. transitive. To indicate, direct attention to, or show (something) with or as with the finger; to indicate or draw attention to (a fact, etc.); to make apparent. Now rare except in to point the way: to indicate the correct direction (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] tokenc888 sayOE tellc1175 note?c1225 signifyc1275 notifyc1390 signc1390 ossc1400 testify1445 point1477 betoken1486 indike?1541 demonstrate1558 to give show of1567 argue1585 portend1590 speak1594 denotate1597 denote1597 evidence1610 instance1616 bespeak1629 resent1638 indict1653 notificate1653 indicate1706 exhibit1799 to body forth1821 signalize1825 to speak for ——1832 index1862 signal1866 society > communication > indication > pointing out > point out [verb (transitive)] teacha900 showa1225 brevea1377 ensign1477 point1477 note1521 demonstrate1534 appointa1547 to put (also lay) one's (also the) finger on1574 remark1592 outpoint1595 finger1619 clewa1625 notice1627 denote1632 indicate1651 to index outa1796 society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > hand gesture > [verb (transitive)] > express with fingers > point to showa1225 fingera1425 point1477 indigit1603 indigitate1623 digit1628 digitate1658 digitize1736 indicate1808 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 121 I must nedes furnisshe this aduenture. or ellis that I be poynted with the finger a reproche. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Civ My purpose is to spy and to poynte euery man. 1590 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. ii. 211 Efter his out-cuminge of the kirk [he] poyntit the graues and stwid aboue thame. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 221 An ancient Clearke..is an excellent finger of a Court, and doth many times point the way to the Iudge himselfe. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 40 To detect the erroneous ways, and to point forth the true. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 106 All..May point Achilles' tomb, and hail the mighty ghost. 1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 602 To my compatriot youth I point the high example of thy sons. 1819 H. Busk Banquet 59* Like the rude guide post some a parson call That points the way but never stirs at all. 1877 H. James American xxii. 395 Mr. Urbain opened the door for me and pointed the way out. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. x. 171 A shelter-association may readily come to have some connection with feeding, and thus point the way to parasitism. 1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear i. v. 72 A big round clock..pointed 9.45 above the auctioneer's desk. 1975 Lang. for Life (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) xxi. 303 This points the need for close consultation between the education authority's advisers. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Dec. v. 10/3 A traveler may..observe..signs pointing the way to..a holistic health center, a homeopath, a reflexologist, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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