pointy end

短语

词形变化

pointy ends 复数 pointy ends

别名

pointier end pointiest end

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The part of something which is the most extreme in some aspect (for example, the most difficult, the latest chronologically or the highest numerically).

    澳大利亚

    August 2020. But the point I really want to make is that we need you, as the industry, to help make people care about [this plan]. The public consultation is the pointy end of this whole process for the 'late night map of fun'.

  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pointy, end.

    at the pointy end of the plane