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pinnacles

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

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

    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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