| 单词 | point of reference |
| 释义 | point of reference (once / 68717 pages) n WORD FAMILY point of reference: points of reference USAGE EXAMPLESWhen we first got here, my wife used it as a point of reference. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) Another point of reference is the “privy,” a site in Philly’s Old City where outhouses once stood. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) “Sliver 04” — all roiling surface — provides even fewer points of reference. Seattle Times(Nov 08, 2016) n an indicator that orients you generally Syn|Hypo|Hyper reference, reference point bench mark, benchmark a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point landmarka mark showing the boundary of a piece of land lubber line, lubber's line, lubber's mark, lubber's pointa fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading mark, targeta reference point to shoot at white linea white stripe in the middle of a road to mark traffic lanes buoybright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards mearstone, meerestone, merestonean old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab clouta target used in archery droguea funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane acoustic buoya buoy that can be heard (at night) can, can buoya buoy with a round bottom and conical top conical buoy, nun, nun buoya buoy resembling a cone spar buoya buoy resembling a vertical log indicator a signal for attracting attention |
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