资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Point \Point\ (point), v. i.
1. To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the
purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention
to it; -- with at.
Now must the world point at poor Katharine. --Shak.
Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe.
--Dryden.
2. To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look,
as certain hunting dogs do.
He treads with caution, and he points with fear.
--Gay.
3. (Med.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of
an abscess.
{To point at}, to treat with scorn or contempt by pointing or
directing attention to.
{To point well} (Naut.), to sail close to the wind; -- said
of a vessel.