pinpoint
英 ['pɪnpɒɪnt]
美 ['pɪnpɔɪnt]
- vt. 查明；精確地找到；準確描述
- adj. 精確的；詳盡的
- n. 針尖；精確位置；極小之物
助記提示
1. pin + point.
2. => also pin-point, "point of a pin".
中文詞源
pinpoint 確定，指出pin,針，point,點。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- pinpoint (n.)
- also pin-point, "point of a pin," 1849, from pin (n.) + point (n.). Taken into aeronautics in sense "place identified from the air," hence verb meaning "locate precisely" (1917), which originally was aviators' slang. Related: Pinpointed; pinpointing. As an adjective, "performed with precisional accuracy," 1944, originally of aerial bombing.
雙語例句
- 1. He was able to pinpoint on the map the site of the medieval village.
- 他能在地圖上準確找出那個中世紀村莊的位置。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. There is only a pinpoint of light in the cave.
- 山洞中隻能見到一絲光線.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. These missles can be fired with pinpoint accuracy.
- 這些導彈可精確地命中目標.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Objective To discuss the application of CT fluoroscopy and Pinpoint guided percutaneous transthoracic biopsy in thorax.
- 目的:探討CT透視及pinpoint導引下胸部活檢術.
來自互聯網
- 5. It was almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of death.
- 幾乎不可能確認死因。
來自辭典例句