climax

英['klaɪmæks] 美['klaɪmæks]
  • n. 高潮;极点;层进法;[生]顶极群落;巅峰,最高峰
climaxed climaxed climaxing climaxes
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星级词汇:
  • click n.咔嗒声;[计]点击v.(使)发出咔嗒声;点击
    n. (名词)
    1. 高潮
    2. 极点,顶点,最高点
    3. 【修辞学】渐强修辞法,层进法
    4. 最高峰
    5. 【生】顶极(群落),演替顶极
    6. 关头,最紧迫的问题
    7. 最精彩、最惊心动魄的一场
    8. 性高潮,极度兴奋
    9. 高潮乐队,一支来自中国的摇滚乐队
    v. (动词)
    1. 达到巅峰
    2. (使)达到顶点
    3. (使)达到高潮
    4. 达到性高潮
    n. (名词)
    1. [C]顶点,极点 peak
    2. [C]高潮 the most interesting and important part

英英释义

Noun:
  1. the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding;

    "the climax of the artist's career"
    "in the flood tide of his success"

  2. the decisive moment in a novel or play;

    "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

  3. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

  4. the most severe stage of a disease

  5. arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

Verb:
  1. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage;

    "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"

1. For Pritchard, reaching an Olympics was the climax of her career.
对普里查德来说,参加奥运会是她事业上的巅峰。

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2. The business in hand was approaching some kind of climax.
手头的生意似乎快到紧要关头了。

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3. Lambing is the climax of the sheep farmer's year.
一年之中,产羔期最令羊农高兴。

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4. The climax came one sultry August evening.
在8月一个闷热的夜晚,高潮到来了。

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5. The fifth scene was the climax of the play.
第五场是全剧的高潮.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The music approached a climax.
      乐曲接近高潮。
    2. The climax of the celebration was a firework display.
      庆祝会的高潮是燃放烟火。
    3. The heat of summer has reached its climax.
      已经是夏季最热的天气了。
    4. The air war over Europe was reaching its climax.
      欧洲的空战已近白热化。
    5. He used climax and word repetition in the speech.
      他在演讲中运用了层进法和词句重复。
    6. In some climax communities, there is slow accumulation of net ecosystem production.
      某些顶极群落中也存在缓慢积累的净生态系统生产。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. This proved to be the climax of his political career.
      这证明了是他政治生涯的的巅峰。
    2. The climax of the book happens in Egypt.
      该故事的高潮发生在埃及。
summit,climax,peak,top
  • 这些名词均含“顶点”之意。
  • summit书面用词,指山的最顶峰部分,也指通过努力可以达到的最高水平,还指最重要的,国家间的首脑最高级会谈。
  • climax指戏剧等的高潮,也指事物发展中的极点,因此多含其后由盛而衰的意味。
  • peak指山峰的全部或上部。
  • top普通用词,可指包括人或物或其它任何的最高点或顶点。
  • 词源解说

    • ☆ 1580左右进入英语,直接源自希腊语的klimax,意为梯子。