pinpoint
英 ['pɪnpɒɪnt]
美 ['pɪnpɔɪnt]
- vt. 查明；精确地找到；准确描述
- adj. 精确的；详尽的
- n. 针尖；精确位置；极小之物
pinpoint 助记提示
1. pin + point.
2. => also pin-point, "point of a pin".
pinpoint 中文词源
pinpoint 确定，指出pin,针，point,点。比喻用法。
pinpoint 英文词源
- 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.
pinpoint 双语例句
1. He was able to pinpoint on the map the site of the medieval village. 他能在地图上准确找出那个中世纪村庄的位置。 来自《权威词典》
- 2. There is only a pinpoint of light in the cave.
- 山洞中只能见到一丝光线.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. These missles can be fired with pinpoint accuracy.
- 这些导弹可精确地命中目标.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Objective To discuss the application of CT fluoroscopy and Pinpoint guided percutaneous transthoracic biopsy in thorax.
- 目的:探讨CT透视及pinpoint导引下胸部活检术.
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- 5. It was almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of death.
- 几乎不可能确认死因。
来自辞典例句