English Dictionary

points

/pɔɪnts/

noun

(rail transport, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India) Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.

The train stopped at several points along the route.

意味（1）

(rail transport, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India) Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.

意味（2）

(theater) Exaggerated speech or gestures used for emphasis during a performance.

In my concentrated week at Stratford I found that, although as a theatregoer for decades I could not help marking what the old actors called 'points' now and again, […]