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Definition of point-to-point in English:

point-to-point

nounPlural point-to-points
British
  • An amateur steeplechase for horses used in hunting, over a set cross-country course.

    定点越野赛马

    as modifier a point-to-point meeting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A dual-winner of point-to-points, Hallrule won a modest race under rules at Hexham last time and looks like a horse to keep on the right side.
    • How are events, point-to-points and hunter trials, and all of the activities associated with training, getting and keeping a hunter fit viewed in terms of your definition of what is or is not a full-time hunting equivalent horse?
    • Daughter Emma, who is the third generation of Braders to ride in point-to-points, also won on Duchess Account.
    • My first commentaries came at various midland point-to-points between studying for my O-Levels, and my first call came in company with the public address announcer at Stratford, the marvellously named Cloudsley Marsham.
    • I rode in point-to-points for three or four years whilst I was at vet college; I rode a few winners, but got a bit too heavy.
    • She has been a trainer for about two-and-a-half years but before that she rode in point-to-points and was a pupil assistant to Paul Cole.
    • As an amateur jockey Twiston-Davies won 17 races under rules and 17 in point-to-points.
    • They hunted with her, ran her in point-to-points and in due course, bred from her and she was the grand dam of the great Gold Cup winner himself.
    • Tales Of Bounty, who has been in good form in point-to-points, looks the one to be on in the race named in memory of jump-racing's most fervent supporter.
    • If it is banned, have the opponents thought about the future of activities such as point-to-points, pony clubs and agricultural shows regularly sponsored by local hunts?
    • Trained on Tyneside by Pauline Robson, an accomplished amateur rider, King Barry was a dual winner in point-to-points before succumbing to a leg problem.
    • A focus group, much loved by the Labour urbanites, would soon reveal just who organises the country fairs, point-to-points, hunt balls, race nights, bridge nights, and pony club.
    • All sorts of rude things have been said in the past about Omni Cosmo Touch, the winner of two point-to-points and a hunter chase early in the year.
    • Racing and point-to-points came high on his agenda, where he met people from far and wide.
    • ‘I have a horse called Bobby George at home and I work on a farm that keeps racing horses for point-to-points,’ she said.
    • Some years ago, however, the Jockey Club drew up contingency plans in anticipation of a ban, which will allow horses to race in point-to-points even if they are unable to participate in hunting.
    • Having tried it, the point-to-points take a back seat in my life now, because polo is the sort of sport that really hooks you, draws you in and doesn't let go.
    • Based at a small stables in Yorkshire, he took to the track following pressure from connections in the mid-1980s when they wanted to give their charge a step up from point-to-points.
    • Our stands appear at point-to-points, country fairs, horse trials and game fairs.
    • My son David trained him for point-to-points and helps tremendously.
adjective
  • 1(of a route or journey) from one place to the next without stopping or changing; direct.

    (路线,旅途)不停歇的,不变化的;直接的

    flights will last longer on point-to-point routes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One strategy that has worked well for Frontier, however, is point-to-point service to foreign leisure destinations.
    • Those extra planes could provide more jobs for pilots - and allow the airline to fly more profitable point-to-point routes.
    • A 1995 bilateral pact allows airlines in Canada and the USA to offer point-to-point service between the two, eliminating some irksome changes.
    • They can fill flights out of smaller cities because their planes carry passengers bound for anywhere in the world - not just to one destination, as with a point-to-point airline.
    • From there, it will offer point-to-point flights to Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the Benelux countries.
    • America West has watched its earnings improve after making similar changes last year, scrapping its Columbus, Ohio, hub and focusing on point-to-point routes and the airline's hubs in Las Vegas and Phoenix.
    • The record breaking flight by Global Hawk was the fist non-stop crossing of the Pacific Ocean and the longest point-to-point journey ever undertaken by an unmanned aircraft, a total distance of 13,840 kilometres.
    • And in both Milwaukee and Indianapolis, Northwest has added numerous point-to-point flights, effectively turning those airports into mini-hub-like operations.
    • Boeing bets that air routes will fragment with more point-to-point flights, whereas Airbus thinks the key is a hub where thousands of passengers gather and then are rerouted.
    • He says increasing point-to-point flights could help alleviate congestion by flying passengers directly to their destinations and bypassing busy hubs.
    • In the next five years, Airbus 380 double-decker planes will attempt to succeed in hub-and-spoke travel, while Boeing is pinning aircraft development on point-to-point travel.
    • A glimpse of US Airways' new strategy: As part of its revamped, low-cost business model, US Airways wants to offer more point-to-point flights from the Northeast.
    • America West has recently added a number of point-to-point flights that do not pass through its Phoenix or Las Vegas hubs.
    • Two days before the race, the signs were already out on this point-to-point course, marking each turn, each hill and counting down the kilometers.
    • Some high-paid business travelers are turning to private jets, while the budget-conscious are switching to low-fare airlines, including point-to-point carriers.
    • Though AirTran likely saw local demand for the new Boston routes, the carrier also appears to be mimicking a Southwest strategy of using those new point-to-point routes to funnel connecting passengers in some cases.
    • Southwest Airlines has built an innovative point-to-point route system with lower costs than the major airlines, but it still sells the standard airline seat.
    • The moves come as US Airways readies a switch to more point-to-point flights that aren't funneled through a hub airport.
    • The airline also will eliminate many point-to-point flights, including some routes between the Northeast and Florida.
    • Current law limits non-U.S. ownerships to 25% of a domestic carrier's voting stock and doesn't permit domestic point-to-point flights by foreign carriers.
    1. 1.1 (of a telecommunication or computer link) directly from the sender to the receiver.
      (电讯,电脑链接)点对点的
      frame relay switches handle point-to-point connections
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Standards work is in progress to solve this issue by using IP-based mobility mechanisms that eliminate the emulation of virtual point-to-point interfaces.
      • All transfer network-style packet-based data structures over point-to-point links.
      • This gateway must be capable of maintaining the state of the virtual point-to-point interface to the mobile device, including its assigned IP address, for the duration of the session.
      • Designed to handle shared medium-access or point-to-point connections, Ethernet has recently taken a well-publicized leap into metro networking.
      • The impact of a wireless transmission is not confined to a stable set of point-to-point links, as in a wired network, but reaches any receiver within its range.
      • There will also be image display units for the point-to-point video service.
      • Modern microwave links are quite prevalent due to the cost effective nature of utilizing microwave point-to-point links to relay traffic compared to wire-line rental rates and fiber usage.
      • The matrix contains up to 128 point-to-point connections, each of which directly link each front-end channel director and back-end disk director to all global cache memory regions.
      • The best example of this improvement is the replacement of the point-to-point links in favor of a redundant, wireless optical mesh network providing carrier-grade availability.
      • Since the customer is contracting for a dedicated point-to-point link at a committed rate, the monthly recurring charge will be a function of the distance between the sites as well as the bandwidth.
      • To isolate faults in a short time in such a network, it would be essential to monitor several point-to-point links at the same time and collect protocol data in a time-correlated manner between all the links.
      • Early attempts to rectify this problem centered on creating point-to-point interfaces between pairs of computers.
      • The traditional method of integrating many systems involves point-to-point connections - that is, linking each individual system with every other system on a one-by-one basis.
      • Cyberspace is thus more like science-fictional hyperspace, existing purely to enable very fast point-to-point links, rather than being a habitable space in its own right.
      • In some instances, the demand is sufficiently high to justify a point-to-point connection from the access site to the aggregation site.
      • The second VPN need is to create an encrypted point-to-point connection between two different networks over some untrusted medium.
      • A ring architecture provides greater reliability and allows traffic to flow logically between offices, if necessary, through a point-to-point connection.
      • Before 1920, radio was used for point-to-point wireless telegraphy.
      • Today's second-gen optical switches rely on the use of separate, DWDM, point-to-point connections to transport and manage individual wavelengths.
      • Note that HDMI is a point-to-point interface, designed to directly connect two devices, such as an HDTV tuner and a display.

Derivatives

  • point-to-pointer

  • noun
    • At Warwick, Royal Corrouge, a former useful point-to-pointer, looks an interesting runner on his debut for top Lambourn trainer Nicky Henderson in the Nick Rees 50th Birthday Beginners' Chase.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • David Easterby, son of Mick, has a decent team of point-to-pointers and hunter chases under his care at Sheriff Hutton and Kings Boy can be another winner for him and rider Tom Greenall.
      • ‘I took out a permit five years ago and I train six or seven, mostly point-to-pointers,’ said McConville.
      • ‘I only have two horses plus two point-to-pointers so this is a big thrill,’ said Fox.
      • Hard ground specialists consider the dedicated winter trainers to be mere point-to-pointers, whereas they are the genuine flat-race thoroughbreds.
  • point-to-pointing

  • noun
    • She came to us in the spring to go point-to-pointing.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He is so determinedly relaxed a character that if Armageddon were announced the fullback, dubbed ‘Toff’, gives the impression that he would immediately go point-to-pointing with the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
      • Owners and trainers make great efforts to ensure that horses move on after racing to other occupations like point-to-pointing, show-jumping or recreation.
      • Also, point-to-pointing was how I got going as a jockey and, if it leads to training with a full licence, so be it.
      • ‘We have eight horses on the farm bred for hunting and point-to-pointing and there is a strong family tradition of competing and winning,’ she explained.

Rhymes

anoint, appoint, conjoint, joint, outpoint, point

Definition of point-to-point in US English:

point-to-point

nounˌpɔɪnt tə ˈpɔɪnt
British
  • An amateur steeplechase for horses used in hunting, over a set cross-country course.

    定点越野赛马

    as modifier a point-to-point meeting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Daughter Emma, who is the third generation of Braders to ride in point-to-points, also won on Duchess Account.
    • She has been a trainer for about two-and-a-half years but before that she rode in point-to-points and was a pupil assistant to Paul Cole.
    • A focus group, much loved by the Labour urbanites, would soon reveal just who organises the country fairs, point-to-points, hunt balls, race nights, bridge nights, and pony club.
    • A dual-winner of point-to-points, Hallrule won a modest race under rules at Hexham last time and looks like a horse to keep on the right side.
    • Our stands appear at point-to-points, country fairs, horse trials and game fairs.
    • Based at a small stables in Yorkshire, he took to the track following pressure from connections in the mid-1980s when they wanted to give their charge a step up from point-to-points.
    • As an amateur jockey Twiston-Davies won 17 races under rules and 17 in point-to-points.
    • They hunted with her, ran her in point-to-points and in due course, bred from her and she was the grand dam of the great Gold Cup winner himself.
    • ‘I have a horse called Bobby George at home and I work on a farm that keeps racing horses for point-to-points,’ she said.
    • If it is banned, have the opponents thought about the future of activities such as point-to-points, pony clubs and agricultural shows regularly sponsored by local hunts?
    • Trained on Tyneside by Pauline Robson, an accomplished amateur rider, King Barry was a dual winner in point-to-points before succumbing to a leg problem.
    • All sorts of rude things have been said in the past about Omni Cosmo Touch, the winner of two point-to-points and a hunter chase early in the year.
    • Racing and point-to-points came high on his agenda, where he met people from far and wide.
    • My son David trained him for point-to-points and helps tremendously.
    • Tales Of Bounty, who has been in good form in point-to-points, looks the one to be on in the race named in memory of jump-racing's most fervent supporter.
    • How are events, point-to-points and hunter trials, and all of the activities associated with training, getting and keeping a hunter fit viewed in terms of your definition of what is or is not a full-time hunting equivalent horse?
    • Having tried it, the point-to-points take a back seat in my life now, because polo is the sort of sport that really hooks you, draws you in and doesn't let go.
    • My first commentaries came at various midland point-to-points between studying for my O-Levels, and my first call came in company with the public address announcer at Stratford, the marvellously named Cloudsley Marsham.
    • Some years ago, however, the Jockey Club drew up contingency plans in anticipation of a ban, which will allow horses to race in point-to-points even if they are unable to participate in hunting.
    • I rode in point-to-points for three or four years whilst I was at vet college; I rode a few winners, but got a bit too heavy.
adjectiveˌpɔɪnt tə ˈpɔɪnt
  • 1(of a route or journey) from one place to the next without stopping or changing; direct.

    (路线,旅途)不停歇的,不变化的;直接的

    flights will last longer on point-to-point routes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Current law limits non-U.S. ownerships to 25% of a domestic carrier's voting stock and doesn't permit domestic point-to-point flights by foreign carriers.
    • Some high-paid business travelers are turning to private jets, while the budget-conscious are switching to low-fare airlines, including point-to-point carriers.
    • Boeing bets that air routes will fragment with more point-to-point flights, whereas Airbus thinks the key is a hub where thousands of passengers gather and then are rerouted.
    • Though AirTran likely saw local demand for the new Boston routes, the carrier also appears to be mimicking a Southwest strategy of using those new point-to-point routes to funnel connecting passengers in some cases.
    • America West has recently added a number of point-to-point flights that do not pass through its Phoenix or Las Vegas hubs.
    • America West has watched its earnings improve after making similar changes last year, scrapping its Columbus, Ohio, hub and focusing on point-to-point routes and the airline's hubs in Las Vegas and Phoenix.
    • A 1995 bilateral pact allows airlines in Canada and the USA to offer point-to-point service between the two, eliminating some irksome changes.
    • The airline also will eliminate many point-to-point flights, including some routes between the Northeast and Florida.
    • One strategy that has worked well for Frontier, however, is point-to-point service to foreign leisure destinations.
    • The record breaking flight by Global Hawk was the fist non-stop crossing of the Pacific Ocean and the longest point-to-point journey ever undertaken by an unmanned aircraft, a total distance of 13,840 kilometres.
    • In the next five years, Airbus 380 double-decker planes will attempt to succeed in hub-and-spoke travel, while Boeing is pinning aircraft development on point-to-point travel.
    • Two days before the race, the signs were already out on this point-to-point course, marking each turn, each hill and counting down the kilometers.
    • He says increasing point-to-point flights could help alleviate congestion by flying passengers directly to their destinations and bypassing busy hubs.
    • From there, it will offer point-to-point flights to Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the Benelux countries.
    • A glimpse of US Airways' new strategy: As part of its revamped, low-cost business model, US Airways wants to offer more point-to-point flights from the Northeast.
    • The moves come as US Airways readies a switch to more point-to-point flights that aren't funneled through a hub airport.
    • Those extra planes could provide more jobs for pilots - and allow the airline to fly more profitable point-to-point routes.
    • Southwest Airlines has built an innovative point-to-point route system with lower costs than the major airlines, but it still sells the standard airline seat.
    • They can fill flights out of smaller cities because their planes carry passengers bound for anywhere in the world - not just to one destination, as with a point-to-point airline.
    • And in both Milwaukee and Indianapolis, Northwest has added numerous point-to-point flights, effectively turning those airports into mini-hub-like operations.
    1. 1.1 (of a telecommunications or computer link) directly from the sender to the receiver.
      (电讯,电脑链接)点对点的
      frame relay switches handle point-to-point connections
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The second VPN need is to create an encrypted point-to-point connection between two different networks over some untrusted medium.
      • The impact of a wireless transmission is not confined to a stable set of point-to-point links, as in a wired network, but reaches any receiver within its range.
      • In some instances, the demand is sufficiently high to justify a point-to-point connection from the access site to the aggregation site.
      • Designed to handle shared medium-access or point-to-point connections, Ethernet has recently taken a well-publicized leap into metro networking.
      • Early attempts to rectify this problem centered on creating point-to-point interfaces between pairs of computers.
      • The best example of this improvement is the replacement of the point-to-point links in favor of a redundant, wireless optical mesh network providing carrier-grade availability.
      • The matrix contains up to 128 point-to-point connections, each of which directly link each front-end channel director and back-end disk director to all global cache memory regions.
      • The traditional method of integrating many systems involves point-to-point connections - that is, linking each individual system with every other system on a one-by-one basis.
      • Standards work is in progress to solve this issue by using IP-based mobility mechanisms that eliminate the emulation of virtual point-to-point interfaces.
      • All transfer network-style packet-based data structures over point-to-point links.
      • Today's second-gen optical switches rely on the use of separate, DWDM, point-to-point connections to transport and manage individual wavelengths.
      • Note that HDMI is a point-to-point interface, designed to directly connect two devices, such as an HDTV tuner and a display.
      • Cyberspace is thus more like science-fictional hyperspace, existing purely to enable very fast point-to-point links, rather than being a habitable space in its own right.
      • A ring architecture provides greater reliability and allows traffic to flow logically between offices, if necessary, through a point-to-point connection.
      • Before 1920, radio was used for point-to-point wireless telegraphy.
      • Since the customer is contracting for a dedicated point-to-point link at a committed rate, the monthly recurring charge will be a function of the distance between the sites as well as the bandwidth.
      • This gateway must be capable of maintaining the state of the virtual point-to-point interface to the mobile device, including its assigned IP address, for the duration of the session.
      • To isolate faults in a short time in such a network, it would be essential to monitor several point-to-point links at the same time and collect protocol data in a time-correlated manner between all the links.
      • There will also be image display units for the point-to-point video service.
      • Modern microwave links are quite prevalent due to the cost effective nature of utilizing microwave point-to-point links to relay traffic compared to wire-line rental rates and fiber usage.
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