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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈfɪŋ.ɡə(ɹ)ˌpəʊst/

名詞

fingerpost (plural fingerposts)

1. A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost.
2. The milepost itself.
   • 1857, Herman Melville, The Confidence Man, Dix, Edwards & Co, published 1857, page 108:

     ...some hint, which, besides confirming him in the theory of virtue, may, likewise, serve for a finger-post to virtuous action.

参考

• guidepost
• signpost
• waymark

Further reading

• fingerpost on Wikipedia.Wikipedia