signpost
名词 n.
动词 v.
美 /ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A post bearing a sign that gives information on directions.
— Dozens of signposts have been stolen, forcing the local authorities to put up the sign at a 2m height and embed it in theft-resistant concrete when putting up replacements.
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A word or phrase within a clue that serves as an indicator, rather than being fodder.
— In the first example — Dance revolutionised Burma — you know the middle word is the signpost as revolutionised is too long to be the fodder (or letters to scramble). […] And bang, out jumps RUMBA.
动词 v.
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To install signposts on.
— The route wasn't signposted, and we got lost on the way.
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To direct (somebody) to services, resources, etc.
— We believe that some Carers' Centres already offer an effective 'first stop shop' for signposting carers to local organisations, services and benefits, and for providing ongoing support as carers' circumstances change.
- To signal (something) intentionally, as if with a signpost.
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To signal (something) intentionally, as if with a signpost.; To indicate (as the logical progress of a discourse) using words or phrases such as now, right, to recap, to sum up, as I was saying, etc.
— Bede, never one to shrink from a challenge, focused his energies not only onto calculating Easter but also onto describing why the maths mattered as much as the result. In this, his elevated rhetoric is balanced by a very human enthusiasm — it's hard not to love a writer who signposts his core hypotheses with phrases such as 'now to gut the bowels of this question!'
词汇关系
衍生词
词源
词源 1
From sign + post.
词源 2
From sign + post.
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