資料來源 : pyDict
嚴格守時的;正確的,精確的;點狀的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Punctual \Punc"tu*al\, a. [F. ponctuel (cf. Sp. puntual, It.
puntuale), from L. punctum point. See {Point}.]
1. Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended.
[R.] ``This punctual spot.'' --Milton.
The theory of the punctual existence of the soul. --
Krauth.
2. Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise.
Punctual to tediousness in all that he relates. --
Bp. Burnet.
So much on punctual niceties they stand. --C. Pitt.
3. Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or
an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a
punctual payment. ``The race of the undeviating and
punctual sun.'' --Cowper.
These sharp strokes [of a pendulum], with their
inexorably steady intersections, so agree with our
successive thoughts that they seem like the punctual
stops counting off our very souls into the past. --
J. Martineau.
資料來源 : WordNet®
punctual
adj : acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time
appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at
meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person";
"punctual payment" [ant: {unpunctual}]