In building, pointing is the wet mix pushed into the thin gaps between bricks or stones, and also the way that mix is put in and finished. After the wall is up, a builder fills those gaps, then smooths or shapes the surface so rain cannot get in.

In building在建築裡，pointing pointing is是 the wet mix pushed into the thin gaps between bricks or stones塞進磚頭或石頭之間細縫裡的濕拌料，and also也是 the way that mix is put in and finished把那個拌料塞進去、修飾完成的做法。After the wall is up牆蓋好之後，a builder fills those gaps工人會把那些縫填滿，then然後 smooths or shapes the surface把表面抹平或做出造型，so rain cannot get in讓雨水滲不進去。

You can look at an old house and read the pointing: it may sit flat with the bricks, or stand out a little like a small ridge, or be cut in a neat line. After many years it can crumble, and then people pay someone to cut out the old mix and put in new — that later job is often called repointing.

You can look at an old house你可以看一間老房子 and read the pointing來看它的pointing：it may sit flat with the bricks它可能跟磚頭齊平，or stand out a little like a small ridge或稍微凸起像一條小稜線，or be cut in a neat line或被切成一條整齊的線。After many years過了很多年，it can crumble它可能會碎掉，and then然後 people pay someone to cut out the old mix and put in new大家會找人把舊的拌料挖出來、填新的進去——that later job那項後續的工作 is often called repointing常常叫做repointing。

This is a trade word. You meet it in house adverts, on building sites, and in DIY shops, not in ordinary classroom talk.

This這 is a trade word是個行業用語。You meet it你會遇到它 in house adverts, on building sites, and in DIY shops在房屋廣告、工地、和DIY商店裡，not in ordinary classroom talk而不是在一般課堂的對話裡。

Though actually, in everyday English the same spelling is far more often the act of using a finger to show something. That is a different use. This entry is only the wall.

Though actually不過其實，in everyday English在日常英文裡 the same spelling同樣拼法的這個字 is far more often the act of using a finger to show something更常是用手指指東西的動作。That is a different use那是不同的用法。This entry這個詞條 is only the wall只講牆的這個意思。