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pinnacle

英['pɪnəkl] 美['pɪnəkl]
  • n. 小尖塔;尖峰;高峰
  • vt. 造小尖塔;放置高处
pinnacled pinnacled pinnacling pinnacles
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower

  2. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development;

    "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"
    "the artist's gifts are at their acme"
    "at the height of her career"
    "the peak of perfection"
    "summer was at its peak"
    "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"
    "the summit of his ambition"
    "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"
    "at the top of his profession"

  3. a lofty peak

Verb:
  1. surmount with a pinnacle;

    "pinnacle a pediment"

  2. raise on or as if on a pinnacle;

    "He did not want to be pinnacled"

双语例句

1. John Major has reached the pinnacle of British politics.
约翰·梅杰已攀上了英国政界的顶峰。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Even among seasoned mountaineers Pinnacle Ridge is considered quite a tough proposition.
即使在经验丰富的登山者中,平纳克尔峰也被认为是很难攀登的。

来自柯林斯例句

3. A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.
一位徒步者从一块80英尺高的尖锥形岩石上摔了下来。

来自柯林斯例句

4. the pinnacle of her career
她事业的顶峰

来自《权威词典》

5. Now he is at the very pinnacle of his career.
现在他正值一生中的顶峰时期.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. I can see the small pinnacle from here.
      我能从这儿看到那个小尖塔。

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