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.
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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'.
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2.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pointy, end.
at the pointy end of the plane